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nickbeardednickbearded
2025-04-08

[Day 1 complete – BashCore Uptime Test]
One full day running non-stop from a USB 2.0 stick on an Acer Aspire One D160 (2009, 2 GB RAM, no battery).

RAM: 800 MB / 1.91 GB
Load avg: 0.60 0.70 0.43
Stress-ng still running at ~18% CPU
Zero crashes, zero hangs. Still responsive.

Uptime test continues... 6 days to go!

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-04-07

[Update – 8 hours later]
BashCore still holding strong.

RAM steady at 700 MB

Load average: 0.25 0.18 0.20

No GUI, no disk writes, 6 active terminals

Running from a USB 2.0 stick (8 GB!)

Host: Acer Aspire One D160 (2009, 2 cores, 2 GB RAM, no battery, Wi-Fi only) 😅

Uptime test continues. 6.5 days to go.

nickbeardednickbearded
2025-03-08

🚀 The updated version of BashCore is now available on SourceForge! 🎉

All tools have been updated & upgraded, known bugs have been fixed, and we've added GPM (General Purpose Mouse) support for better usability.

Download it here: sourceforge.net/projects/bashc

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