> full Linux desktop

> The Core Project is a highly modular based system (...) It is not a complete desktop nor is all hardware completely supported. It represents only the core needed to boot into a very minimal X desktop typically with wired internet access.

That is not a full desktop, and the [The Core] project doesn't say it is.

That being said the concept of "full desktop" is somewhat loaded. Today we have a somewhat unreasonable expectation that at least one, but sometimes several browsers, office suites, multimedia viewers and editors to be a "basic desktop".

Back in the 90's people did not expect the computer to come with any such software applications built-in.

The problem with this tiny projects is that you need a web browser. And good luck browsing the web in old PCs. You can use Lynx and the like, but you know what I mean.

If you need second life for an old pc, It may be better to repurpose as server or something like that.

Totally agree, today 'desktop' pretty much means 'browser' for many.

Wish someone knows how to build chromium into a light-weight mode, e.g. restrict its tab to 1 or 2 only, remove some fancy but not mandatory features, so that I can run it, e.g. with 100MB RAM.

bad news is that some website might be very resource hungry on its own, not sure what to do with that, maybe the browser can also throttle that?

Also rdp/freenx/x2go/vnc can help.

That doesn't make the old computer a full independent desktop but it can avoid sending a perfectly good keyboard/trackpad/monitor in the landfill. And unless you are a dev, 99% of the time you need a browser you already have network and won't point to localhost so that remote faster box can be connecred through vpn anywhere.