Project Nomad is not designed for minimal setups — the GitHub repo explicitly states it requires "beefy, GPU-backed hardware" to run its AI tools effectively, unlike typical lightweight survival computers. For a stripped-down version, you'd need to fork the repo and disable AI features (Ollama, LLMs), keeping just the offline knowledge bases (Wikipedia, docs, maps) — budget would still require decent specs (8GB+ RAM, SSD), but no GPU.