<div dir="ltr">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.<div>Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 8:14 AM Boris Borisov via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I would say it again Antix Linux <a href="https://antixlinux.com/" target="_blank">https://antixlinux.com/</a>. 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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM Jeffrey Brown via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<br><br>LXDE is still alive and well on Debian.<div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jeffrey D. Brown</div><div>GPG/PGP Public Key ID: A05E4182<br>("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 3:17 PM David Jackson via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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!!!<div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:40 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">openSUSE Tumbleweed 32 as well, but of the four you posted puppy linux, even debian 32 bit.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 2:44 PM Jeff Hubbs via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>No, but I could absolutely Gentoo the
crap out of it even if it's 32-bit, and run modern versions of
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<div>Any one has experience with Bodhi vs LXLE vs Puppy linux
for an old Dell PC.</div>
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