Hello /g/ents, i'm looking to install a linux distro on a old computer i have lying around, what distro is best in your opinions?
>inb4 install gentoo
read le wiki
FreeBSD.
>>51933559
This, Linux is trash
>>51933497
I recommend you install puppy if it's pretty old
gentoo
>>51933590
Why?
Distro doesn't really matter in regards to age of computer.
The kind of DE is more important.
I use mate on my old machines.
Ubuntu-mate is fine if you don't want to set Debian up yourself
>>51933497
>Hello /g/ents, i'm looking to install a linux distro on a old computer i have lying around
ok
>what distro is best in your opinions?
That's the wrong question. The question you should be asking is, "What distro would you recommend I install?"
If you're not a 1337 loonix wizard and this is old hardware, I would say Lubuntu.
Xubuntu if core duo or newer. Puppy if pentium or older
deepin
Install gentoo.
>>51933497
Since it an old computer, I would recommend openSuse with Icewm (which I think is one of the DEs it comes with by default)
>>51933497
Arch represent
>>51933870
simply epin
>>51935135
It's good you retard
Go meme somewhere else
Debian, why install Ubuntu if you can get the same shit minus the bloat. Xfce ftw.
>>51933497
Arch
>>51933853
This, I don't get why people want you to install resource hungry stuff on a old computer. Xubuntu if core duo or newer. Puppy if pentium or older will make sure you can run stuff and have a functional computer.
>>51933497
If it's old install archbang or #!++
Debian
>>51933497
Zorin OS (Lite if the computer is really old):
Sys req (for lite):
266 MHz x86 processor
5GB of Hard Drive space
256 MB of system memory (RAM)
Graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution
Features:
-Looks like windows
-Is based on Ubuntu
-Made to be babby's first linux so it just werks
>>51935194
yeah a proprietary chinese botnet OS is good
fuck off, ping wu.
>>51937909
>>51935194
You're both retards. Deepin is good but OP is asking for a distro for an old PC. Deepin requires at least 1GB ram and god knows what cpu.
>>51933497
Boot arch iso
wifi-menu
parted /dev/sda
mklabel msdos
mkpart primary linux-swap 1M 513M
mkpart primary 513M 100%
set 2 boot on
quit
mkswap /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
nano /etc/locale.gen remove # in front of en_us utf8
locale-gen
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/TIME_ZONE /etc/localtime
mkinitcpio linux
pacman -S os-prober grub
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
passwd root
Done.
