For a old laptop with Intel atom processor and I think 2gb ram.
You can use whatever distro you want that you can install on it (btw it is a eeepc?), just avoid to install heavy programs and/or DE.
IIRC there should be a Debian derive distro for atoms, I used it on a eeepc, don’t know of still a thing
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If you’re new to Linux, try Lubuntu. If not, then try BunsenLabs.
I’ve tried Lubuntu on my old laptop from around 2008 and it works fine. It had more ram (4gb), but I don’t think it was using all of it.
Yeah it should be fine. But the OP needs to understand that even with a light OS setup, 2 gb of RAM really isn’t much. First Firefox tab or two is going to kill that poor machine. That’s why I added BunsenLabs as a lighter option. Still won’t be great, but it’ll be a bit better at least.
Debian with XFCE or LXDE.
Isn’t LXDE basically discontinued? It got combined with RazorQT or something back in the day and became the LXQT we know today if I’m remembering right.
Seems like you’re right, I just remembered trying it a while ago and thinking it was quite decent.
If you want to take it to the extreme, Alpine is probably one of the best options.
