At that time all the distros I tried were ok. I ended up with that choice after going through a handful of them and the one chosen fit my needs best. I used to run a linux distro on it, the particular distro name is not important here. I have an old HP 6715s laptop which has an AMD chipset integrated graphics chip, ATI X1250 to be more accurate. In the beginning you say: “Any Linux distro is better than Windows/OS X when it comes to old hardware.” This is not always true. Leave a comment if you have any suggestions.
#EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO INSTALL#
Now, go buy yourself an USB flash drive and install some of these distros! If you liked the lists, share it wherever. All from the same developer(s).Īnd that’s all, folks! Thank you for taking the time to check our distro lists. Has various lightweight distros to choose from. Not based on Linux, but still a free Unix OS. For advanced users only.īased on Slackware. Can be run on a floppy drive.Ī Pentium compatible processor (486/386 will not work!)īased on Arch Linux. Works out of the box with all free software. Recent release requires a 64bit processor (at least Core2) I686-class systems: Intel Core family, Pentium II/III/4, Intel Celeron, AMD Duron, AMD Athlon/XP/MP You can install it without an internet connection since all packages are pre-installed and updated.īrings back your 12+ year old PC back to life. Xfce, KDE, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt (beta)
#EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO PRO#
I686 or newer (Intel Pentium Pro and higher, AMD Athlon and above) Can be installed on a desktop PC too.īased on Slackware. Mixed, depending on what appliance you use Comes with Xfce out of the box, but other WMs are available in the repositories, including Fluxbox.Īn i686 processor, which is a Pentium Pro or aboveīased on Slackware and Salix OS. It runs in RAM, so after booting, you can remove the live CD/ USB and still use the distro.īased on Slackware. Issued and maintained by the United States Department of Defense For advanced users only.ġ000 (it runs in RAM, including filesystem) We’ll keep it brief and straight to the point.Ĭan run on a floppy drive! Although, it hasn't been updated in a long time. If you stumbled upon this without checking our main list, go check it out now and come back here later.
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