Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
I have an old Thinkpad T21 that I want to get more use out of but it's so darn slow with Trisquel 7 Mini.
Would you suggest a good Libre Distro and/orDesktop environment for this laptop?
Maybe Dragora with openbox? Latest stable release i old but for very old machines it should work great.
Thanks. I'll give it a shot!
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> Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
> Local Time: December 28, 2017 2:51 PM
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> Maybe Dragora with openbox? Latest stable release i old but for very old
> machines it should work great.
I would install ConnochaetOS 14.2: https://connochaetos.org
128 Mb of RAM is considered a minimum and 256 MB are recommended: https://connochaetos.org/wiki/docs/requirements
If you can find two modules of SDRAM - non-ECC @100 GHz...
Wow. Interesting. How does one install it though? I'm used to ISOs ... Ive never done anything other than an ISO install.
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> Subject: [Trisquel-users] Re : Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
> Local Time: December 28, 2017 3:59 PM
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> I would install ConnochaetOS 14.2: https://connochaetos.org
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> 128 Mb of RAM is considered a minimum and 256 MB are recommended:
> https://connochaetos.org/wiki/docs/requirements
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> If you can find two modules of SDRAM - non-ECC @100 GHz...
Here is the ISO image of ConnochaetOS 14.2: https://connochaetos.org/slack-n-free/iso/connochaetos-14.2.iso
"100 GHz..." lol.
Very interesting that GNU-Linux distro!! maybe this one is more suitable for my netbook with 32bits atom n270 than Devuan. (Devuan is too outdated).
Does ConnochaetOS have ShitstemD?
In my experience, the "fastest" Libre GNU/Linux distributions were (in this order) GuixSD, dragora, Parabola OpenRC.
Openbox, twm, i3, windowmaker, are all great window managers that should keep your ram usage really low.
It is not necessary install these window managers, SliTaz(LXDE) + Linux-Libre 50 MB on ram and 2% CPU normal usage on a i486.
Haha, I think it would be fun to have a good reason to try to use Guix SD actually...
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> Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
> Local Time: December 28, 2017 4:24 PM
> UTC Time: December 28, 2017 9:24 PM
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> In my experience, the "fastest" Libre GNU/Linux distributions were (in this
> order) GuixSD, dragora, Parabola OpenRC.
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> Openbox, twm, i3, windowmaker, are all great window managers that should keep
> your ram usage really low.
You can go with Trisquel NetInstall too: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/using-netinstall-image-bootable-usb-drive
After installing the console environment (nothing more) that way, you need to know the light programs you want (the window manager, the Web browser, etc.) and install them with 'sudo apt install'.
I am a translator!
In my experience, there is no such thing as the fastest distribution, rather a minimal net install of any gnuxino with as few crap installed as possible, a decent DE or window manager..
It's all gahnuu and it's all fast but you need to set it right. Using lightweight software is really what makes all the difference in the world..
You make a good point. I think for now, im going to just remove LXDE and use Blackbox while keeping the Trisquel Mini install. Alternately, I may just keep it as a CLI only laptop. Maybe it will get me to improve my meager bash skills.
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:17 PM, <name at domain> wrote:
> In my experience, there is no such thing as the fastest distribution, rather a minimal net install of any gnuxino with as few crap installed as possible, a decent DE or window manager.. It's all gahnuu and it's all fast but you need to set it right. Using lightweight software is really what makes all the difference in the world..
SliTaz + Linux-Libre.
Though maybe a bit outdated, there is also Librepup based on trisquel7 packages and linux-libre. With that you can wake up any old computer.
iso here https://archive.org/details/librepup-6.0.2.0
forul thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101106
librepup.info is now a dead link