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tomiolah1998
7y

I have a really old Toshiba NB200-10P notebook with Intel Atom CPU and 2 gigs of RAM and 32 bit architecture... It was made for Windows XP, and now it barely runs Windows 7... So I'd like to give new life to this old piece of hardware with Linux (for basic tasks like Office, and maybe coding with Notepad++)...
I really like Manjaro, but after they ditched 32 bit support, the Manjaro-32 community project seems a bit unstable...

So, could you devs please recommend some reliable - and somewhat good-and-simple-looking - Linux distros?

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  • 0
    7y
    @Torbuntu with MATE right?
  • 0
    7y
    Lfs?
  • 2
    7y
    Antergos xfce? Maybe migrate to i3 when you're ready?
  • 1
    7y
    🔖
    Am interested to know some of the OS that still supports 32-bit so am gonna bookmark this.
  • 1
    7y
    Mint cinnamon for my old acer eepc. Also i use Vivaldi for browser cause is much faster :S
  • 2
    7y
    Linux Lite. It works pretty good on old laptops (it was made to work with simple hardware afterall) and i have used it at work. Its a great distro.
  • 1
    7y
    Slackware based distros also a good choice, they maintain 32bit and also plain pentium support.
    BSD also works great in atoms
  • 1
    7y
    32 bit linux http://distrowatch.com are top 100 đŸ’¯ distros order by popularity.

    Don’t know if the BIOS will boot from USB (http://pendrivelinux.com use YUMI.exe) so burn disk

    This will be perfect to program arduino, Cisco switches, xbee related serial interface, will work QEMU bare metal (.. raspbian OS. What to learn ROS. Kick ass Linux.

    Will recommend ebay put more 🐑 RAM for a couple if buck
  • 0
    7y
    @IoTeacher I tried upgrading its RAM, but the problem is: it tops at 2 GB... ☚ī¸
    Also, it can boot from USB - I installed Windows 7 from a bootable USB, wrote with Rufus. 🙂
  • 0
    7y
    @rjedlin Sadly, Antergos does not support 32 bit anymore... ☚ī¸
  • 0
    7y
    I have the same. I have used it in the university.
  • 0
    7y
    Also, thoughts about Raspbian OS?
  • 0
    7y
    @sergioct My dad used this when he was in uni (second uni for him) back in 2009. It was plenty for him, as it was only Sociology Studies - so he used mostly Office...
  • 0
    7y
    Is this the stone age ?
  • 0
    7y
    @A4Abhiraj Good question... 😂 It's just a fun little challenge to see how Linux holds up with obsolete tech, as Windows failed...
  • 0
    7y
    @tomiolah1998
    You should try Absolute Linux or Lubuntu
  • 0
    7y
    I installed Raspbian with PIXEL... Figured out, if it runs on a Pi, it might as well run on this computer... 🙂
  • 0
    7y
    @tomiolah1998 yes are x86 and ARM
  • 0
    7y
    @Nanos lubuntu is algo a good choice
  • 0
    7y
    Thx for the support
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