
It didn’t have to be this way
Yup, I know exactly what this video is going to be about, definitely not a click bait title, lol.
The topic is interesting, the video apparently not so much (if it needs that title to do well). So I think AI is acceptable here, given that no one else bothered to provide a summary so people don’t need to waste time watching it.

I do have a powerful desktop running Arch (or rather EndeavourOS with the EndeavourOS packages slowly removed over time), but also a 15 year old netbook. There’s plenty of up-to-date lightweight software in Arch repos, you don’t need to limit yourself to old software.
Also it’s not like a new version of GIMP is suddenly going to use double the memory if you use the same tools in it.
The biggest issue for the netbook is web browsing, but that’s just about web pages being resource hogs nowadays. uBlock Origin and NoScript help massively. Trying to use an old web browser is IMHO a terrible idea - you’ll end up with broken pages and a massive pile of security vulnerabilities.