tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post4650062832547296194..comments2024-03-26T17:37:35.499+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Linux For A Slow LaptopDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-60178856928209060092020-03-12T17:38:54.310+00:002020-03-12T17:38:54.310+00:00I have a ten year old HP laptop running Linux Mint...I have a ten year old HP laptop running Linux Mint that now lives as a music player in my living room. It has all my music and my wife's music downloaded on it, two 15 year old external speakers attached, and it plays beautifully. It CAN be an emergency laptop in case the Grime Reaper comes for one of our regular laptops.Friar Tuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685403254662474049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-80066416031319848622019-04-13T12:23:48.278+01:002019-04-13T12:23:48.278+01:00Well, I agree with you that Lubuntu is actually to...Well, I agree with you that Lubuntu is actually too heavy to old computers and there is another thing which made Lubuntu not possible to use: the last images is only for 64 bits processors. I have to change the distro of my mother's desktop to Antix because she used Lubuntu and the new upgrade is not disponible to 32 bits processors. <br />Other distro that runs well in older pcs and laptops is BunsenLabs (32 & 64 bits). I have run this distro for a long time in an old Dell Latitude C640 (Pentium III, 1,2GHz, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD) but actually this laptop is with Antix 17.3.1 32 bits and it flies...Manohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077970677924341976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-22911255419611261452019-04-05T17:49:14.322+01:002019-04-05T17:49:14.322+01:00Thanks for the nice list of lightweight distros. ...Thanks for the nice list of lightweight distros. I've used all of the above (except Tiny Core) on my ancient Averatec Win XP machine (with 750 MB RAM), and the best lightweight distro by far has been AntiX. I've never been able to configure networking on Puppy (user error, no doubt), and Lubuntu is actually too heavy. Bodhi is a great distribution and very lightweight -- just not as good as Debian-based AntiX, in my opinion. Tiny Core -- well, I'm sure it would work well, but it takes "minimal" to a level I'd just as soon not go....Michael Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937765637634451544noreply@blogger.com