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jpablo68 ,

I am currently running Antix on my Acer Aspire One D255 with mixed results, Falkon to browse the “modern” web, and netsurf for simple websites, can’t play 1080p videos smoothly so I have to first resize them with ffmpeg (it takes a long time but it’s doable), other stuff like libreoffice works flawlessly.

Presi300 ,
@Presi300@lemmy.world avatar

AntiX

RustyHeater ,

I have that exact machine in my electronics “graveyard”.

Peppermint OS was my GO-TO for speed and driver support out of the box. You can also stick in a 2GB SODIMM of ram. It will only recognize 1.5GB but still 50% more ram.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Slitaz should need only ~60MB of RAM to run. Wireless networking probably won’t work out of the box, tho.

You can also try either MenuetOS or Kolibri, both are super tiny.

possiblylinux127 , (edited )

Do not run Slitaz as is fully of security problems and vulnerabilities. What’s worse is that there website has security holes on it. There is a page on the bug tracker that runs arbitrary JavaScript and prints out the time as an example. It also has been abandoned and is no longer maintained all that well.

1gb of ram is quiet a bit. I’ve ran Debian Xfce4 on simular hardware it it works with a few tabs. The problem is the modern internet is graphics heavy and the old GPU doesn’t have a lot of power. If you don’t block ads with Ublock origin it will grind to a halt as the video and image rendering will be done by the CPU as the GPU is to old.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I’ve ran Debian Xfce4 on simular hardware

OP did say he tried Debian with xfce and it was slow, I don’t see the point in insisting on using that

possiblylinux127 ,

Because it isn’t going to be faster to use something else else. Unless they added a ton of stuff it shouldn’t use more than a quarter of the ram. Firefox suspends tabs under ram pressure so that shouldn’t be an issue either.

I’ve done work on a old Atom with 1gb of ram. It isn’t fast but it gets the job done. You can’t just make old hardware run fast by changing the desktop

GustavoM ,
@GustavoM@lemmy.world avatar

Use Dietpi as your main distro, do a minimal install, install sway and then your usual stuff.

t. Got a orange pi zero 3 w/ 1GiB of ram, did exactly as my suggestion implies and everything works as intended.

idk_a_cool_username ,

Try antix. its requirements are 256mb ram. And it’s actually usable.

possiblylinux127 ,

It isn’t going to be faster than Debian. I think the issue is the GPU not supporting modern encoding which leads to the CPU doing everything the GPU is suppost to do

possiblylinux127 ,

First install an SSD if you haven’t already. Next install ublock origin in Firefox ESR and tighten down the security settings to max plus turn off all telemetry, studies and other “features.” Don’t use a Mozilla account as that adds overhead.

It still will be slow but it should be usable with a few tabs. Do not try to do video playback as the old GPU doesn’t support modern video formats so the CPU ends up decoding it all.

thayer , (edited )

If that’s one of those old 10" netbooks, I had good experiences running dwm and xmonad on mine back in the day (had an Acer and later an MSI Wind U120(?)). Typically ran all my apps maximized, one per desktop. Firefox did okay, but this was around 2010-2012. Mostly stuck with terminal apps and it was more than snappy enough.

Some screenshots from days past…

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/e4b532cb-6a80-43e6-984b-73e6d1417e0a.png

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/81b41305-20d2-4892-9f39-3d8992260208.png

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/9f4d2b98-6059-468c-bebe-47898a412666.png

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/1bcf8091-796c-4c88-b995-da7523ce6169.png

jagermo ,

Ohhh, the MSI Wind. One of my favorite devices, so much value for money. Loved it

thayer ,

Me too! I can’t recall now why I parted with it, but I wish I hadn’t. Would love to see what it could do today.

jagermo ,

RAM broke and was soldered in :(

muhyb ,

You can try something like antiX but it won’t do good as a desktop. I use my netbook as a home server with pi-hole in it.

Red_sun_in_the_sky ,
@Red_sun_in_the_sky@hexbear.net avatar

Someone suggested antix. I second that. Try it. They got 32 bit version.

Quazatron ,
@Quazatron@lemmy.world avatar

I have something like that running Haiku. Try it, you’ll be surprised.

polskilumalo ,
@polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml avatar

I have a similar but dual core Atom netbook. The thing I did was put an SSD into it, and then installing bare Debian. I chose no graphical system from the installer. From there I installed i3 as the window manager and launched it with an automatic login script checking if I was on TTY1.

That’s all I did, basically keeping the stuff the little thing has to run to an absolute minimum, and a fully fledged desktop environment would have set it on fire.

ewigkaiwelo ,

Try Bodhi Linux - you can burn it to CD/USB or copy it on a Ventoy USB stick to test before installing and it is available for 32 bit systems

quantumcog ,
@quantumcog@sh.itjust.works avatar

I have a similar device Intel atom, 1gb RAM. I installed arch and use it as a headless computer (without DE/WM). If I need WM I use sway. Use a minimal browser like Qutebrowser. Although it would also run like shit but better than chrome/firefox.

ryannathans ,

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