[ale] lite linux, bodhi vs LXLE vs Puppy, trying to revive old machine

[David Jackson]

I sure hear ya on Antix.  I had a T40 Thinkpad with 256mb ram, plopped an
Antix into the DVD, and I was thinking "no way."  But it booted and
installed.  Since then, I have upgraded that T40 as far as possible.  It's
somewhat usable for everyday tasks, but if you're just doing terminal work,
it's great.  Haven't installed Antix yet on a newer machine, but there are
lots of distros for that.
Dave

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 8:14 AM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I would say it again Antix Linux https://antixlinux.com/. Debian based
> with conventional init light enough to work with single core Celeron from
> ages ago. Has 32 and 64 bit flavors. I'm using as of now for about a three
> months. Has bit of quirks but it is useful desktop distro. They just
> released version 19.
>
> Puppy Linux used to be light and snappy. Now the new versions use the
> packages either from ubuntu or slackware which is convenient but the boot
> time is a hog on old hardware. At least the first boot. I'm still using it
> as live CD when I have to use PC on emergency and prefer older versions.
>
> One very particular distro is Slitaz. Light and with own package system. I
> never installed it as desktop but as live CD is a blast.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM Jeffrey Brown via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> My newest hardware is a Lenovo T430, and I use Debian/LXDE on every GUI
>> machine. Admittedly, my T410 and my old Dell laptop with max 1 or 2 GB RAM
>> strain under Chromium (I am trying to get used to alternatives - I know it
>> needs to go), but except for that, and as long as you aren't watching htop
>> while they work, they perform very acceptably at any other task. The Dell
>> has mostly been relegated to the role of a lightweight server that flexes
>> in the middle, but only because there is a limit to the number of consoles
>> I need/use.
>>
>> LXDE is still alive and well on Debian.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jeffrey D. Brown
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>> ("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 3:17 PM David Jackson via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll go ahead and recommend LXLE.  I'm running it on a T60 Thinkpad in a
>>> 32-bit config.  The distro apparently is not dead!!!
>>>
>>> I had actually thought that because LXDE had become LXQt on the Ubuntu
>>> upstream side, that since this distro would die on the vine due to a
>>> heavier weight desktop no longer working as well on older 32-bit systems.
>>> 32-bit systems aren't as provided for as they used to be; lots of 32-bit
>>> versions of favorite distros are disappearing, since there are fewer of
>>> those systems around these days, and I thought LXLE would fall victim to
>>> that trend.  But it turns out I'm wrong, and the one-man dev team (I think)
>>> is turning out fixes, and my T60 feels cared for again!
>>>
>>> I always thought LXLE had some artistically savvy people working with
>>> it, because the included wallpapers are lovely and nice design choices had
>>> been made on it.  I think I number of people had been using it as a main
>>> desktop distro, it's just that nicely finished.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I tried Bodhi, but the desktop seemed pretty unstable from my
>>> experience.  Last time I tried Puppy was long ago, when it was based on
>>> Slackware.  LXLE was a pleasant surprise from my experience.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:40 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> openSUSE Tumbleweed 32 as well, but of the four you posted puppy linux,
>>>> even debian 32 bit.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 2:44 PM Jeff Hubbs via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No, but I could absolutely Gentoo the crap out of it even if it's
>>>>> 32-bit, and run modern versions of everything.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/6/19 10:49 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha via Ale wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Friends:
>>>>>
>>>>> Any one has experience with Bodhi vs LXLE vs Puppy linux for an old
>>>>> Dell PC.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2GB ram with old cpu.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Narahari
>>>>>
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