What distro would you recommend for a 32-bit old Acer One laptop?
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It's an old model (Acer One D257) Processor is Intel Atom. Memory is 1GB DDR3 with 320 GB of HDD. I currently Have MX 21 running on it, but I need to reinstall because I forgot the root password. Since I'm reinstalling the OS, I thought I'd ask here for recommendations for an OS that makes the most of this oldie.
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Debian with the choice of LXDE as window manager. Debian offers high configurability to remove any heavy component.
That's a good point, I could jus try debian and remove the unnecessary stuff. I want my daughter to use this laptop so it needs some video codecs and hopefully some educational games.
Some commenters said you need a minimum of 2GB memory to run Debian. What do you make of that?
See this: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch03s04.en.html Minimum 1Gb, preferably 2 for a desktop.
Ah, good to know. I wonder how is it possible then for Debain-based distros (MX) to run well on this notebook
Don't want to hurt your daughter. And don't want to hurt the Linux community by making a girl hate Linux when she's a child.
Hannah Montana Linux?
LOL
Why would she hate Linux?
Because it's SLOOOOOOOOOW.
This laptop wouldn't even run on windows so I'm not sure what you're suggesting