512 kilobytes? You sure you guys don't mean 512 megabytes?
Depending on what you are doing, 512kb will be sufficient (kilo, not mega), for some kind of networking equipment just moving network data around that would work, for the fpga I made into a crappy game console I think I only had 1kb of ram to work with (maybe it was more than that, I don't remember it was a while ago), but for a desktop for a person no it wouldn't. I haven't tried to use modern distros with 512mb (mega) but I have a feeling that it wouldn't be too pleasant of an experience.
Edit: when I say desktop, I mean what a normal everyday person would use to get on the internet or use to perform basic tasks such as document editing.
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