whats the best linux distro for old laptops?
Whats the best linux distro for old laptops?
Asher Flores
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Adrian Walker
Debian unstable, Arch if you're an autist
Asher Scott
If you're a beginner lubuntu, otherwise void or arch
Tyler Phillips
Debian stable nonfree version with the drivers included.
Dylan Miller
NetBSD. Linux is no longer good for old or embedded hardware.
Joseph Scott
Peppermint is comfy.
Christopher Howard
nice t500
xubuntu
Carson Hill
Will I get the same performance as lubuntu on Ubuntu if I replace it’s DE with the one from lubuntu? Because lubuntu couldn’t boot on my laptop and Ubuntu just werkt but it’s slower than win7
Nicholas Martinez
You couldn't figure out how google search worked, I doubt you can manage a linux distro. Stick to windows
Jayden Rogers
Arch based distros are lighter and less bloated than Debian based. And use a light wm like i3. If you must use a DE use lxqt. Try Manjaro i3 or lxqt
Noah Thompson
its a t61
Kayden Turner
Arch won't run on old laptops.
Jose Gutierrez
Artix with runit
Jose Butler
Lubuntu
Connor Williams
gentoo
Nathan Ward
SparkyLinux
Bentley Ward
Define old, and what's the specs?
Jack Torres
>arch
>debian
Boomers.
Puppy Linux, LFS, or Tiny core linux.
Kayden Myers
Googledotcom
Grayson Adams
It depends on what you want to use that old laptop for. If it's just normal desktop use and easy time install. Lubuntu 16.
I don't know how old we are talking here. But if it's ancient. TinyCore, SliTaz or one of the Puppy distros
Jackson Roberts
Ubuntu Mate or Debian with anything lighter than XFCE should suffice.
Brandon Cooper
I have no idea what XFCE is or does sorry.
James Turner
Slackware
Nolan Ortiz
XFCE is a desktop environment. If you don't know what it is due to being a beginner I recommend you try Xubuntu because it works out of the box.
>Xfce
xfce.org
>Xubuntu
xubuntu.org
Xubuntu runs great on my grandmother's 2gig of ram, dual core toaster. It is 32 bit though. If you have more than 3 gigs of ram and your cpu supports 64 bit go with 64 bit. If you don't like XFCE, I would give MATE, another desktop environment a try.