I bet the 5400 rpm mechanical drive is the weak link. It might be also that the chip in that machine is an old 32bit Atom CPU. I found the lightest, yet functional Linux distro is Rasbian Pi OS x86. (the Raspberry Pie OS based on debian) If I recall; the last time I played with it, it used about 200mb of RAM after full boot.
I bet the 5400 rpm mechanical drive is the weak link. It might be also that the chip in that machine is an old 32bit Atom CPU. I found the lightest, yet functional Linux distro is Rasbian Pi OS x86. (the Raspberry Pie OS based on debian) If I recall; the last time I played with it, it used about 200mb of RAM after full boot.
Yup; Debian x86, Raspberry Pie OS x86 or Puppy Linux x86 are what you will have to go for. Mint dumped x86 support a while ago. Puppy is the most user friendly followed by Raspberry. Debian is less user friendly; but they still offer and older 32 bit version. Either way; you will have a machine capable of surfing Poal :)
Yup; Debian x86, Raspberry Pie OS x86 or Puppy Linux x86 are what you will have to go for. Mint dumped x86 support a while ago. Puppy is the most user friendly followed by Raspberry. Debian is less user friendly; but they still offer and older 32 bit version. Either way; you will have a machine capable of surfing Poal :)
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