What Linux Distro for old computer

gjacobse

@jt1001001 said in What Linux Distro for old computer:

Using it for field day logging?

Yup,.. that and other portable uses, like programming the radio in the truck. I have two older laptops,.. the Netbook and an HP - for size and such, I would rather keep the Netbook, even with it's limitations.

If I could find a more modern system that runs on 12v, has HDMI, etc... I would head that direction. Also looking at the rPi,.. but it's not at the same level.. (now if I could convince someone to re-right the code to allow for a rPi cluster,.. that could work.

momurda

antix if you like debian
something else if you like rh/centos

gjacobse

@momurda said in What Linux Distro for old computer:

antix if you like debian
something else if you like rh/centos

don't really have a preference... i'm getting more familiar with DNF and APT-GET.. so.. okay with either

black3dynamite

If you are bold use, window managers only like i3.
https://fedoramagazine.org/getting-started-i3-window-manager/

scottalanmiller

that's plenty of power to use a normal distro. Don't get weird, the era of special small Linux for ancient hardware is gone. Old hardware today is powerful enough to run normal distros.

Obsolesce

Fedora MATE should work great.

momurda

@scottalanmiller 2GB is not enough for Fedora workstation, or ubuntu desktop. Unless you like waiting a lot. I have tried it.

scottalanmiller

@momurda said in What Linux Distro for old computer:

@scottalanmiller 2GB is not enough for Fedora workstation, or ubuntu desktop. Unless you like waiting a lot. I have tried it.

Enough with a lighter desktop. Should work just fine.

dbeato

Deeping might but I am not sure what kind of CPU, Puppy linux is small like 50MB or so and low usage of RAM but it can take a toll on RAM with KDE the last time I used it.

gjacobse

Korora and Deepin are out - they caused issues with some of the external hardware I need to be able to work with.

IRJ

I like Lubuntu

Darek Hamann

Something like Ubuntu+XFCE should do the trick.

scottalanmiller

@darek-hamann said in What Linux Distro for old computer:

Something like Ubuntu+XFCE should do the trick.

That's what I was thinking. XFCE works really well for me.

matteo nunziati

Any distro with a light desktop. Linux per se is not really memory hungry. Try lxqt/lxde.