Top 5 Linux Distros For Older Hardware
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- One of the common questions that new-to-Linux users ask is "What is the best distro for my old, crappy computer?" Well, the great thing about Linux is that we have a ton of great distros designed to run on older, underpowered hardware...
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► Puppy Linux - forum.puppylinux.com/puppy-li...
► AntiX - antixlinux.com/
► Q4OS - q4os.org/
► Linux Lite - www.linuxliteos.com/
► Mabox Linux - maboxlinux.org/
► Arch Linux - archlinux.org/
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After installing the AntiX distribution kit on my home computer (2GB/80GB/AMD Athlon-64 X2 4200+), the computer came to life and it became comfortable to surf the Internet and watch videos on RUclips without lag.
No way. RUclips videos wonŽt play correctly without smtube unless you have very good graphic card. These "distros for old hardware" are just waste of time. They use less ram but with 2 GB you are ok with even Ubuntu MATE if you are not starting more than few programmes at the same time. Ergonomy of these "distros for old hardware" tends to be problematic and they just save you some RAM but not CPU or graphic card. Linux Lite is XFCE distro - who would recommend that in favour of Linux Mint XFCE?
@@user-lx6ou3bl6b "youtube videos won't play correctly" my 5 yr old celeron would like to disagree.
@@user-lx6ou3bl6b -🤓🤓
@@potatoes5829hello. I do think that lightweight Linux distros are life saver for many old PCs. But 5 years old is not too old. In LATAM many people still use 10+ laptops and desktop PC. Greetings
My almost 15 years old AMD Sempron 145 single core would like to disagree too even on windows 10 lmao. It plays videos smoothly on 720p @@potatoes5829
old laptops run faster than they did when they were brand new with modern linux distros even ones that arent light
Any distro with XFCE works pretty well most of the time
Kde now a day is as light as xfce.
I have arch kde running at idle about 600mb ram in use, nearly the same as xfce.
@@arnorobinwerkmanare you sure mate mine was using over 1 gb when idle
@@arnorobinwerkman it's not only about ram, KDE uses more CPU. On my old notebook (4gb of ram and intel Celeron) I could use gnome, but couldn't use KDE because of the CPU, it was really slow. I have an old laptop with 2gb of ram and an Intel Atom, KDE is just impossible to run, but XFCE runs pretty well.
@@arnorobinwerkmanHow? I too use Arch and even just plasma-desktop and plasma-nm along with thier dependencies take about 1.5 GB memory while idle
Or Openbox.
i love these style videos! I freaking LOVE MABOX. Tried Q4OS a bit, but the packages and system had too many issues for me for some reason trying to use node and some other programming stuff. But Trinity desktop is awesome
Running on Antix on a 1.6 Ghz Atom with 2 G DDR2 Ram circa 2008. Runs nice. Apps are kinda snappy. Nothing will get web browsing going anywhere near acceptable but use it as an audio server, basically.
A note about using Rolling releases like Arch. If the old PC you are installing it on isn't used much and is kept in a drawer or stored away most of the time you shouldn't use a rolling release but instead should go for an LTS or a point release if you are the type that don't want to or dont know how to fix any issues that may happen from no updating the machine. I had an old machine running Manjaro that was left alone for 6-8 months. It had 1000 package updates and there was an issue preventing it from updating that I had to fix for it to work. Similar thing happened to Solus.
YES! I once compiled Gentoo for some old 2GB of RAM systems thinking it would be optimized for that processor, did custom kernel and everything and never planned how bad updates would be 6 months later! Yikes!
lol I just installed arch in my old laptop a month ago and come to the video looking for an even faster distro. I'm using just nvim in TTY and sometimes loading hyprland to use qutebrowser. Is hyprland a good idea or should i look for another wm in xorg?
Edit: i'm looking only for responsiveness, my main workstation is a desktop and revived my laptop just to present my work
How would any of these do on an imac? 17" 2006 2 GB ram. (it runs snow leopard now) 2.0 ghz Cor 2 duo (64 bit? - it's in storage - think I have the specs right). And can you use a thumb drive on this to boot up and add an OS?
depends on the potato. i have a desktop with an amd phenom ii processor from 2008-9. Thing is at least 14, maybe older. Upgraded to an ssd, maxxed out the ram (16GB max) And I have no problem running KDE inside Ubuntu Studio. Gfx card is an onboard HD4200.
Thank you, Q4OS looks so clean!!l
Cool video, not long ago I installed antiX on an old vaio laptop with 1GB of ram.
Puppy Linux was one of the first live distros I ever used and the best running live. They were and are still an amazing distro.
Recently I downloaded and used Puppy Linux in my OracleVM and it was awesome - lightweight and fast. But the main thing I needed a Linux OS was for running Hadoop and related programs, and these days everyone uses ubuntu based distros so setting up Puppy Linux was difficult for me, as I found less support online for the problems I faced. Hence now I am looking for lightweight Ubuntu or Debian based distros for a comfortable learning journey in Big Data. If you could tell me what I should go for - like Lubuntu or Linux Lite, it would be a great help.
@@ratansharma8026 antix seems to be debian based. I'm going to try it soon.
@@ratansharma8026??? there is a puppy Linux based on ubuntu 20.4
I use Sparky with openbox on an eMachine525 with a single core Intel, 4Gig ram. It's Debian based and comes in 32/64 bit. It can be loaded into RAM.
I used Puppy and antiX in the past and try them every few versions to keep in touch. I find it cheaper to change OS then laptop.
@@ratansharma8026I recommend lubuntu.
I have a USB (VID0A46 / PID9621) Ethernet Adapter and found driver source code for it, qop_kernel/drivers/net/usb/dm9620
I can compile code using gcc, but not sure how to compile/load the driver, such that I can plug it in and call functions from the driver, ex. "dm_write_eeprom_word' function"?
Any suggestions how to do this.. what distro, commands to load, etc?
Hey DT, which distro you recommend for Lenovo Thinkpad x130e, 4GB RAM ? I am using Linux Lite 6.6 on it, which I feel clunky.
what are the system desktop dashboard apps shown, and are similar available for debian?
I was just bragging about Mabox on another channel. In the back of my Box o' Distros, way in the corner, sits a drive with the Mabox iso on it. It's my guilty pleasure because I really don't have time to learn all of the details in manipulating Openbox, but I just love playing with it so much and above all, looking at it. It is indeed the most beautiful window manager distro I've ever tried. And it is fast! If I could get 64-bit Scrivener to run on it I'd use it from now on.
From those distros, except Q4OS , are others able to boot on a UEFI Secure Boot activated BIOS ?
Which of these has high graphic interface with low RAM usage? I am looking for a beautiful look to make a new stand alone HTPC. Older dell 7010, 24Tb HDD. 8gb Ram. I am retiring my WinXP gaming PC that was running Librelec with a 2TB upgrade.
Nice review. Any love for Void in this context?
Hey DT, You mentioned Crunchbang; is Crunchbang++ the same/similar? Would it rank among your list? Thanks.
It is identical, with minor changes to keep it up to date. Been my daily driver for over a year, the best.
wow, I am glad you changed your mind about Q4OS I definitely think this distro deserves the spot :) It is the smoothest KDE Plasma experience someone can have on a 32 bit computer (on 64bit as well ofc). And it is really convenient for an ex-windows user.
I remember once you saying: "why not just install debian with kde??"
Been blown away by mabox 2 days back......
I often look at these videos and would try many of these suggestions. I have been "playing" with Linux for a long time (90's). I guess I am not pushing the old Macbook Air 2011 (4GB/256GB/i7) to much. It is my coffee shop, simple surf and remote into my home network. It handles all this fine. For the longest time I would always just come back to Linux Mint, it is a very impressive OS. But I would always tire and try something different, yes distro hopping. ; ) So counter to what is considered right, I have been using Fedora with GNOME and it has been GREAT.
Mint is my absolute favorite. Peppermint was good for a while too and I've used Linux Lite happily as well
I put mabox on a 2016 mac book pro. I miss the wifi and touch bar. (I did switch it to Linux Mint and I installed the kde desktop environment with a ethernet dongle.)
I have personally gravitated towards EndeavourOS for all my older machines as it basically is just Arch made easy. After testing a bunch of distros, EndeavourOS just wins every time with how smooth of an experience I have. Debian comes in at a close second if you need more stability, but having access to a modern rolling release wins in my book.
This was good info but I clicked on it hoping to find a different purpose. I've got 5-10 used laptops, all with various x64. I also have 15-20 RPi or an ARM clone. I would like to find specialty Linux Distros like Home Assistant, KODI, NAS, stuff like that, especially where there's a gap between PC and ARM. Any thoughts on x86 specialty Linux Distros? Something where you're not using 1200watts to try and keep up with a Raspberry Pi Zero, like gaming emulators media centers.
Much appreciated!
So I have a 2008 Dell. Puppy or Lite would work?? I'm a newbie
Running pop os on a 2012 imac, runs great, and wifi worked out of the box which was nice. Xubuntu works well on my mom's 2009 mac laptop. Wish I would have switched to linux earlier
can confirm, PopOs runs well on old computers
I'm running Gentoo on a 15yo Acer notebook. It's not fast, but still kinda usable for web browsing and reading my emails when I'm on the road.
Hello. How to go to the virtual console in QEMU? Thank you.
Have used Linux Lite for a while (~4 years) and it's been a great experience so far. Can't say the same for other lightweight distros, like Lubuntu.
Lubuntu doesn't even claim to be lightweight these days anymore. It's just the LXQt spin of Ubuntu.
What issues have u had with lubuntu? I've had none
@@activelivingchallenger4298 He probably tried to run it with little RAM. Lubuntu once had the advantage of being one of the most lightweight Ubuntu spins mostly because of LXDE but since the change to LXQt even the Lubuntu devs themselves don't claim to be more lightweight than other Ubuntu spins
Great YT! Thank you. I want to learn how to use Debian Server, do you have any suggestions on where I should start?
The Debian Administrator's Handbook is available online for free.
My old HP ze2000 only has 2GB ram with an 18 year old processor AMD Turion MT-30, and I'm running the latest version Manjaro with kernel 6.5.3, some major distributions runs on old hardware just fine. Linux is awesome, thank you.
Hello what is the best distribution linux for old pc of her optiplex 760usff, I want it to be stable, fast, fluid, very customizable, good, office performance, a little bit gaming and office automation
recently i'm very happy how the instalation of arch linux went on core 2 duo, 4GB ram laptop. I was able to find in the AUR repository legacy broadcom wifi firmware and bluetooth (had problems with this in windows and had no idea how to do it in slackware linux). Don't use nvidia drivers, nouveau open source alternative works for desktop use just fine!
Old intel hp used to run Xfce but not anymore is getting to heavy , lite linux was around 900 mb in idle!!! For years I was running opensuse leap (net install) with my personal openbox configs and was great. Now arch linux minimal install with a WM (i3 or sway) it took me several days to take care of the hardware acceleration - thanks arch wiki - and with upgrade ram, new keyboard and a ssd is flying ...
Last two seconds of the video tho. BASED.
so... it's 2024... are there distros that come with pre-installed WINE out of the gate besides Zorin OS?
and is Puppy Linux of today fully compatible with Ryzen generation of processors? (and APU graphics)
does Zorin OS even exist 🤣I liked it when I tested an older version of it, nothing wrong with it, it just ran a bit too slowly directly from the flash drive, hopefully modern releases addressed that
Derek I saw your video on Archbang Linux and thought you may want to do a video on Crunchbang++ Linux. Which is now based on Debian 12.
On my old potato dual core 2ghz 3gb ram system I dual boot XP and Linux with q4os Trinity. I may try one of these other dostros ya mentioned. Thank you.
I was wondering if there was a 16-bit version of Linux or BSD. I have a 286 that I'd love to see if I could get running something other than the MSDOS 5.5 I have on there, now..
QNX, and ATT Unix might be worth looking into (caveat - that was after a Google search). Linux 16-bit was a failed project.
I like your style, though! I miss my 8088 Packard Bell…
Thanks for your top 5 recommendation.
I tested install several distro to my old 32bit 2 Gb laptop.. AntiX, MXLinux, Q4OS... and my recommend is MXLinux because it was more user friendly than the three of them. Also, Debian 12, OpenSUSE, Mageia 9, all have their 32 bit edition and with 2 Gb RAM + Intel core 2 duo, basic office and browsing need are okay. I documented all my tested in my channel as well....
Zorin Os Lite?
Some small clarifications on hardware here :
- Not all hardware is equal,
- Not all hardware ages the same,
- Desktop hardware will always outlive a laptop, in terms of performance and being able to run newer software,
- Desktop hardware is much more upgradable and repairable, than a laptop.
For example, my 10 yrs old machine is still better than many new budget laptops.
I run a normal, up to date distro - hold your breath - and I run it on GNOME ! And it works nice.
Actually, on my machine Win 10 also works nice. No gaming of course (but some games work too, of course not new ones), but it works with no problem.
And I even don't have a discrete graphics card, I run on the CPU/mobo integrated graphics.
Can a Lenovo Thinkpad L520 laptop made in the year 2011 with 5GB of ram, a HDD drive with 300GB, and a 64 bit CPU work with Linux lite
I'm curious you didn't mention lubuntu...where does it fall for you? Top 10?
I recall many years back my first venture into linux was with Mandrake. That ran KDE - might that have been trinity desktop? I do not recall.
Mandrake became Mandriva in 2005, and Trinity wasn't around until 2010, so you would have been running KDE 3.0 or 3.5. I think I was running Mandrake with KDE at that time as well.
I still have a really old Samsung laptop, 32 bits, 512 mb, from around 2005. Tried Puppy, AntiX, Devuan. Ended up with debian. The machine is so slow, can't even run xfce properly, so it runs lxde, openbox and icewm. Booting time is about 2 minutes. It's practically impossible to run any modern web browser with that cpu and memory. But still possible to play old DOS and ZX Spectrum games with dosbox and fuse.
What about lububtu and lxqt spiral Linux
I'm not much concerned about distro names as much as desktop environment choices. With more RAM I would go with XFCE or Trinity, with less RAM and very old CPUs I would choose LXDE. Q4OS Trinity is easy to setup to look like old Windows. There are also other good choices like Fluxbox, IceWM, Moksha / Enlightenment. Any PC that runs KDE Plasma, GNOME, Cinnamon, Budgie, Pantheon, Deepin, UKUI, LXQT or MATE without problems I wouldn't consider to be old in performance.
Can you make a video on best os for intel core 2 duo processor
Honestly I've changed my mind on "light" distros. I have a ~2009 ThinkPad T500, and I've found that modern desktops tend to run just as well or better. For example I went through several installs, including Debian w/ XFCE, Mint Mate, Arch with bspwm, etc. Every time, I missed the features of GNOME which is my favorite, plus there would be weird hiccups like menus and apps not loading all the way or taking a long time and dealing with screen tearing. So I installed openSUSE with GNOME and have had zero issues - things feel nearly as responsive and smooth as my much more powerful AMD rig that I built in 2020. I don't care for KDE, but seems like the more mainstream desktops have put in a lot of work to optimize resource usage and it shows.
I also have a ThinkPad T500. I upped the RAM to 6 GB and swapped in an SSD, then loaded Mint 64-bit with the Cinnamon desktop. Got the Calibre E-Book manger installed and then added the entire Baen Free Library. I'm really happy with that setup.
Yeah it's interesting with people getting into Linux/distros, I've been into this stuff since the 90s, and have often reflected on the fun/emotional aspect that draws us in, despite telling myself that I've always just been doing this for "practical" purposes only.
We have all these choices & options for customizing things when it comes to Linux desktops especially, which is a big part of the fun of it all. As an analogy... Windows/Mac are like "regular pre-built toys"... and Linux distros are like Lego. The setup/building/freedom/creativity are where the fun is! (not for everyone, but for us at least)
So when we have a low-spec computer, we think... "this is the perfect opportunity to find something new and specialized!", and that adds some more fun and novelty. I've done it many times myself, but yeah, like you're saying... in the end it often doesn't really make that much difference, unless you have a really really slow computer / special use case. And on top of this, sometimes it's worth losing a little bit of performance for more useful features, or just having consistency and not needing to deal with multiple ways/setups of doing the same thing.
All subjective of course, but has been interesting analyzing my own psychology on this kinda thing. And I'm always reminded of it when I see people writing threads asking for suggestions, and talking about how much time/effort/bikeshedding people sometimes put into this kind of premature optimization, that likely never would have had much thought put into it were the sea of options not available in the first place. Can easily fall into "analysis paralysis", which I guess is basically what distro-hopping can be sometimes.
But hey... it is fun. Just worth thinking about for anybody like me who might find they're spending too much time on the wrong things.
Ah yeah, on desktop performance... it's not really the distro that matters anyway. It's more the choice of window manager / desktop environment. These days I mostly just stick with Debian on everything.
Oh very nicely said! I had to retire, and the old test bed system gives me something to keep the old brain cells rattling about. But the daily drivers all run Mint / Cinnamon because that (a) gets rid of Microsoft, (b) is comfortable for old MS Windows users, and (c) is consistent for maintenance / updates / upgrades. Very necesary to me is that Mint runs happily on everything from the old T-500 to the last Ryzen build. The only distro-hopping we do is on that test bed system, and the other half doesn't often want to look at a new distro. @@HappyCheeryChap
Screen tearing can be an issue with lighter weight desktops/window managers if you don't have a compositor running (or sometimes even if you have a software compositor). I've found that using picom (you can often still use compton if it's included, but picom is a newer fork) will eliminate this and sometimes improves performance by taking some of the processing load from the CPU and giving it to the GPU instead. Of course a later Core 2 Duo is more powerful than some of the machines that really need a lighter weight distro.
Running Pop_OS on a t420, with like 16 gigs of ram, and an SSD, and it's honestly really great for me. I'm good with the defaults for now, but might work towards more i3/awesomeWM at some point. I'm new to linux and been using linux for a few months as a desktop OS, but have used it here and there prior.
Tried Minte Mate, Mint Cinnamon, Ubuntu, and Pop_OS works for now with their custom Gnome. Fits my needs at the moment, and I'm pretty content for now.
What's best for SQL ?
Also wanted to ask which one is best alternative to excel on Linux ?
libre office is a pretty good open source alternative for office apps on linux
@nathanleeks8554 is it good enouto match with excel?
Thanks, dude, :)
Linux lite and anti x are my go to for older machines
Puppy Linux iso's were so confusing to someone that barely knows Linux, that I gave up on it and went with Zoren lite, even though my laptop (17 years old), It was about 2 years older than the oldest recomendation for it. But it works. Wouldn't watch videos on it. But I can listen to music, search the net and use office Libre. And look at pictures. And won't play games. Unless something very very basic. But that is ok. It has basickly been turned into a workstation for one of my brother's kids. So he didn't hog the main pc.
I run FreeBSD 14 + i3wm on a E8500 Core 2 Duo w/4Gb from 2008, runs fine including chromium + youtube over wifi. Totally usable computer.
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Im sporting antiX on a 20 year old dell dual core 4 gigs ram and its rock solid responsive till the 2 cores are maxed. so many options.
Good video.
For 32 bit systems I use Sparky Linux LXQT., and it currently does the job very well. For 64 bit systems I use Linux Mint Mate edition.
Mate is great
@@thomashovgaard3134 I concur!👍👍
Zorin Lite OS is very nice as well.
I am using a Potato right now, running Lubuntu 22.04.03 LTS and it runs good enough for my taste.
Q9300, 8GB DDR2, 128 GB SSD, GTX 960 - a bit slow from time to time but mostly usable.
Linux Mint should work aswell but I wanted to stay at a Ubuntu-Flavor since on my main system runs Kubuntu.
Q4OS is the best! They only use 1GB on trinity and looks great and super fast! Even Firefox n RUclips are fast!
What about the availability of additional applications? Can new users easily find and install the programs or games that complete their experience? This is a big drawback for many new users.
You can install anything straight from the upstream Ubuntu repository in Linux Lite, and I suppose things work similarly for most other lightweight distros. Whether programs will function smoothly or not depends on potatoes' specs.
The Debian installer allows you to not install a desktop, so you can build it up from scratch much like Arch Linux. It is good for minimal installs too
That's how I use it. Openbox+Lxpanel. Arch is not good for a new linux user, because it shits itself after 3 months of updates. Then what does grandma do with it?
My experience in terms of reliability:
Debian Stable -> 2 years until the first serious problem
Debian Testing, Ubuntu LTS -> 6 months...
Debian Unstable, Arch -> 3 months...
I don't mind someone telling you how good Arch is, just add, I beg you, that you will suck with it sooner or later(sooner). Use it if you like challenges. And then I'll take it. But not like this...
@@kutyajani249 I will only say that once you have learned your way around Arch, you learn to take its problems in stride, at least I do. I installed it on my new AMD + Nvidia card system, and game on it. I installed it with BTRFS and Timeshift with roll backs, haven't rolled back yet..
@@edbeckerich3737 ,
Not yet, but you will soon. But at least you know what you're doing... BTRFS is a good option. It simply irritates and triggers me, because he recommends a system without going into much detail about its nuances.If someone, say a novice, jumps into this, he can easily get a slap in the face and may never come back to the world of linux, saying that "linux" is bad and unreliable.
or just install debian 32bit with the wm of your choice...
maybe even #!CB++
CB++ all day every day.
thanks, but what does ''distro'' mean?
Antix showing less than 200mb usage is pretty wild!
Hey DT, can you PLEASE do an in-depth review of LMDE 6, and the pros and cons between it and Linux Mint.
I am seriously thinking of switching from Linux Mint to LMDE 6 and value your thoughts.
LMDE has been a very real alternative for us, as Linux Mint / Cinnamon users, and is plan B for the day Ubuntu goes south.
You might want to consider getting a small SSD and put LMDE on it to try so you can keep Mint if you find you prefer it.
Very good suggestion, but I cheat. Have a test-bed system where I do hardware tests of alternate distributions. Our daily drivers and lap tops don't get disturbed.@@haplozetetic9519
@@BWGPEI I decided just to install LMDE 6 and give it a wirl.
So far very happy with it, and havent noticed much difference. Best of all it's Debian based, so no big company involved and completely open source.
Running dual boot, 2 SSD's, with Windows 11 for gaming, with priority given to LMDE at boot.
@@haplozetetic9519Even better just completely swapped over and am very happy so far. Best of all no involvement from Canonical 😁
Of course I understand your point Mr. DT, but the irony (or perhaps even more aptly stated, truth..) of your initial statement is that once you switch your older computer to Linux, it's no longer a potato. 😀
There's nothing here for me and this laptop I found in the garbage...
16 MB of RAM, 700 GB Hard disk. It has only a floppy disk drive. Windows 95. It still works but I tried a DOS game and it's unplayable, the screen is too fuzzy when it moves like early LCDs sometimes did.
Would a Linux exist for that ?
try tiny core linux
I have a MSI Wind U200 I run Manjaro KDE on it. I think you can use whatever Linux distros it doesn't affect performance. The bottleneck is the webbrowser they hold every machine back and it doesn't matter what distro you are using.
With a somewhat beefier system i would agree. If you have something really old that still has a spinning hard drive and limited ram, from experience i would say that the main things that matter are a) init system. Big difference in overall snappiness and boot time b) replacing all your day to day apps with leaner ones. Antix is particularly great IMO since they have a large selection of replacements for pretty much all of the productivity apps you might need. They even try to give you a light weight YT streaming app so you don't need to open a browser to view online videos c) Sad to say this but use chromium instead of firefox. It is significantly faster and makes a difference on low end hw. d) lean window manager instead of full desktop env (duh)
Advertisements and complex cookies will kill many old computers.
I have a Pentium 4 machine still operational running Antix 32 bit. I do need to update it though.
Nice to see Crunchbangplusplus being mentioned in the comments! Always my choice when it comes to the lightweight distros.
Great video. Some of these would be great on my Pinebook Pro. Running Archlinux on it right now with Sway, and it's pretty smooth.
Great title
Any suggestions for this laptop asus ms2264 laptop
AmogOS
"Ancient Hardware". Cool expression!
It's a statement for kernel6 lovers.
Does anyone know any 32 bit linux distro which can run on less than 256mb RAM?
My stepdad had an old shitty laptop that he just used for facebook, printing stuff and playing 60s rock on his Sonos. I tried so many distros, ubuntu32 and 64 bit, raw arch with xfce, linux mint with cinnamon and xfce, antix. All of them would just not go well with the hardware, the graphics would just jumble up randomly, fonts would not render in the correct spot, and randomly switch out letters for no reason, UI components turning into black boxes or just looking like NES cartridge tilt. It looked like the graphics memory would just corrupt in all of these distros. Then I tried the new Peppermint OS, no issue whatsoever, it's my new go-to for old hardware.
Antix on atom 270. Vg os. Printing setup feasible but not as good as MX.
Doesn't really matter...the moment you open internet browser you are doomed
DT you need to know about loc-os distro
I have an old Chromebook (16GB Emmc, 2 GB ram, Intel bay trail CPU) that runs real well with Debian. It actually handles modern software and websites just fine (although video streaming is limited to 720p or 480p if I have things other than a browser running). I of course also have a much more powerful computer, but the little thing is really portable and great for web browsing, document typing, and video watching.
Alpine might also be worth trying on a low spec computer. Super lightweight with an easy desktop install, but a little less hardware compatibility.
I'm running 32 bit MATE Debian on an old Dell Inspiron MINI 10, just 1 GB ram and an AMD Athlon CPU but runs great with Debian
Why bodhi is not in the list?
As of Debian 12 it still supports 32 bit and can run on half a gig of ram👍. Might need to prune your systemd services and disable some junk in /etc/xdg/autostart/ for a smooth experience.
Do these work on the raspberry pi
check for an ARM version of any linux distro you want to run, if it has one that's the version for raspberry pis :)
I have a Librebooted ThinkPad T60 that runs Parabola Linux. And runs like a dream.
Arch Linux + LXDE is a really light distribution. Only you need install the base packages + Xorg + LXDE + Lxdm and enable the services. With 1 Gb RAM + 2 Gb Swap you will have a great distro.
You forgot to mention whom you recommend Arch to, what kind of people? Btw, I don't use Arch.
@@AceOfBased Currently everybody can install Arch Linux with the command "archinstall", but not a rookie, better an intermediate user in my opinion. The Arch installer will guide you easily for several options you want. Here in youtube exists a lot of videos how install Arch with archinstall.
Puppy Linux has always been my go to after finding back in 2009. Unfortunately I had old hardware and trying to run this Ubuntu disk I received in the mail the old days 😢
Trying to install Bookworm Puppy on a Lenovo idea pad. It's was only 40 dollars. Windows is OK but it doesn't have a lot of storage space at 38gb. This is my I don't know done loss count of how many times I attempted to install Puppy on here here I go again.😂
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Running TinyCore through the terminal ✨
downloaded and going to try puppy right now lol
Arch runs smooth on old hardware.
I personally started my lightweight linux journey with antiX, but later I realized you can choose basically any distro and it ultimately comes down to preinstalled software and window manager/desktop environment, so you're free to choose anything else - init system(systemd/runit/openrc/etc), software release system(rolling(arch based or similar)/stable(debian based or similar)), precompiled binaries/compile locally(non-gentoo distros/gentoo itself). But if you want just a running system right away, I'd probably prefer something like antiX/Peppermint, only because I'm somewhat familiar with them
I personally like those 2 distros for old hardware too ... But I tend to prefer Peppermint over antiX because, by now, IceWM has a really outdated look and feel to it. RAM usage is nearly the same. A while ago I tried both on the same machina and AntiX's RAM usage was 298MB vs. 314MB for PeppermitOS. Both can perfectly run on machines with as little as 1GB of RAM. But if you want to have a decent browser experience, a minimum of 2GB are a must
YOu should talk about obarun and joborun, they both are closer to arch than arch itself, no systemD, no paulseadio, udev etc.
Peppermint Linux is my favorite one for weaker or older hardware.