What OS does /g/ recommend for my shitty netbook?
>Atom N450 1.6Ghz
>2GB DDR2 ram
>32GB SSD
Lubuntu or Xubuntu.
DSL for kicks
>>53217352
GENTOO/FEDORA
Debian, Slackware or >>>/out/
>>53217828
Explain
>>53217352
Peppermint
OP here, how would Arch with Cinnamon work on it?
>>53217352
Win7 starter is actually a really good Netbook os.
I used to have one of those, with comparable specs. Used it for years.
It was good for taking notes, but even for webbrowsing it was too shit.
I'd suggest turning it onto a server or something. Debian.
I have windows 8.1 on one of those. It runs decently.
>>53217352
MenuetOS
I do have Lubuntu on my 1005px. Win7 was hardly bearable.
>>53217352
Ubuntu MATE but replace the Marco window manager with Openbox. It's like LXDE but better.
I pulled my netbook apart and disconnected the fan for ultimate quiet. The Atom doesn't get above 50C so it's fine.
Windows XP
>>53217352
windows 2000
should work great with 2gb ram
>>53218417
Ummmm, why?
I can understand the netbook exceeds the requirements by a shit ton but why install an OS so old?
>>53218555
anything else is going to run like ass
>>53217352
Lollipoop
>>53217352
any distro, lightweight de like lxde or even just a i3. i3 is especially cool for laptops since you can easily navigate without using touchpad.
>>53217352
Ubuntu will be fine, if that's what you're into, but unity will be sluggish with that low RAM. You can install stock, then install xububtu-desktop, lububtu-desktop, etc. Try them, see which works for you, then apt-get purge the rest.
I prefer debian myself, with a WM and bit a DE, but I'm in the minority, I know that.
I'd suggest staying away from source heavy distros, unless you have another machine to build on. Don't install flash, and make sane browser choices, and you'll be fine.
>>53218589
That netbook came with 7 I think, and it even ran ok with 7 on it, as long as you didn't run a ton of stuff at once.
>>53218722
Midori is a great browser for netbooks in my experience
OP again, I current am running Puppy Linux with Fluxbox and CHromium for browsing. The OS is super snappy but I'm tired of the limited amount of applications available and the very little amount of customization that can be done.
>>53218820
I have a very similar eeepc and I'm going to give peppermint which was mentioned earlier.
Have any anons tried BunsenLabs? It's made by the guys that did Crunch Bang. Gonna give that a try also.
>>53218820
I'd go Xubuntu or something if you want a lot of addons..
>>53218212
Fuck Cinnamon, just use Awesome.
Man those Atoms were so fucking disappointing.
Got an x200s, ripped the SSD and extra ram from my 1000H.
Couldn't have been happier. Dat 1400x900 screen.
TempleOS
>>53217352
lubuntu if you need internet.
XP otherwise.
Puppy/tiny/core linux if you don't want a stable and usable system.
>>53217352
Windows 10. Stay off shitty free OSes.
>>53219065
>Couldn't have been happier.
Your standards for happiness are depressing.
>>53217352
It's not shitty if you use it for what it's meant to be used. Any OS with a webbrowser should suit your needs. But if you want linux then I would recommend Arch.
Jesus christ
>>53217352
OpenBSD
>>53219174
>Stay off shitty free OSes
Those shitty free OSes that work much better on weak things like netbooks.
Windows shows it's bloated ugly head on things like this.
>>53219174
>the biggest pile of shit Microsoft's ever released
>yeah OP put it on a computer with a single core Atom and 2GB RAM
ReactOS
>>53217352
Debian
Monitoring this thread
>>53218254
said no one, ever.
>>53218742
you like, more than one thing at a time?
kek, I had one of those. runs like ass in general.
>>53217352
OS X 10.6
>>53217352
Lubuntu + zram + isebaro viewtube + noScript
>>53219791
I am not sure if this is still true, but back in they day Windows 7 ran fine on netbooks. It ran even better than XP did. My Acer netbook definitely ran more smoothly on W7 than when I was running opensuse.
>>53220221
People can't configure their Linux boxes. What you can do?
My Asus eee PC 1001PXD with Lubuntu (dwm)
used less power than win7 and winxp.
People should git good at Linux.
>>53217352
Take it apart and absorb its parts into other things
Or make it a part of a beowulf cluster
>>53220481
He wasn't asking what he should use his netbook for, he was asking what OS he should use for the purpose of using a netbook as a netbook.
>>53218751
This.
Runs pretty smooth on my d2500
>>53218751
http://portix.bitbucket.org/dwb/
But seriously, Firefox works fine if you optimize it.
Also use NoScript and Ublock + zram.
>>53217352
Lubuntu 14.04 LTS
>>53220754
Yes, but replace LXDE with something lighter.
>>53218305
Literally the most basic OS that is sorta modern.
I wouldn't use it if I was him.
>>53220811
E17?
>>53221030
https://www.enlightenment.org/
It uses 2D rendering for everything or something.
>>53217352
Whatever loonix you want + MATE or XFCE
I had Arch on mine, same CPU, but 1GB RAM and 250GB HDD.
>>53219174
>windows 10 running well on 2 gig of ram
nigga you just went full retard
>>53221072
That's good isnt it?
Enable open gl, disable compositing.
Debian and BSDs seem to be good choices for weak hardware.
>>53221319
Dunne. I've been using my custom version of DWM but some time later I moved to MATE/OpenBox. Tiling window managers are a pain with mutliple monitors.
I used E17 on my OpenMoko back in the days, but it was a phone, so yeah.
>>53220221
I was referring to Windows 7 Starter, it was shit all around
>Essentially a Preview OS
>>53220901
I love niggers
>>53219017
>awesome
>not i3
