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Help with choosing a distro for a first time linux hope to bring life to an old pc (lemmy.world)
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Good day

I would please like to ask for suggestions for first time installation of linux on an old pc that has recently come into my possession

It is

Pentium 4 3.4 Ghz (2 cpu) 2 Gb Ram 1Tb hardrive Onboard graphics 128 mb

I have been looking at Mint and I am assuming that the Xfce Edition would probably be the smarter choice, but I am curious to know if I could use something like Cinnamon Edition and will it run smoothly hitting at the minimum spec of 2Gb RAM. Is their other alternatives that provide a good exprience for the limited resources as I decide to take the plunge?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Puppy Linux is a light ram usage distro that only needs 512mb of ram to run. It's what I would use on older hardware a lot.

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Thank you for the link. This is the site I found while browsing. It will require reading on my part to know which version is what I would need as I see, I stand to be corrected, there is 5 versions, but I am not exactly sure what the differences between them are. Which is something I would need to do further reading on