LIGHTWEIGHT LINUX DISTRO 32 BIT DRIVER
Indeed, if it had not been for lack of driver support, my search would have ended with Q4OS. Q4OS in its XPQ4 guise was very fast and light and the machines, even with very little Ram, moved along nicely, but suffered from lack of recognized hardware / driver support. Lubuntu, Linux Lite and LXLE all readily recognized connected hardware, like Wifi cards, sound and webcams. Lubuntu was a little bit slower than I cared for, Mint (both Mate and Xfce) and Zorin were having issues, Linux Lite was nice and speedy, but ending long term support for 32 bit systems, something that a lot of lightweight distros were doing, save for a very few. Over the last few months I have been testing Linux distros on older hardware and finding the following strengths and weaknesses in general. Both seem to be well-suited to the task of reviving this older hardware, so my question revolves which is best suited to the task, taking into consideration what I'd like to do with Linux once installed.ĪntiX Keeps Going For Low-End Computers (phoronix)
Most have at least a 1.6 GHz processor if a laptop, and normally 2.8 GHz or above for a desktop (Intel P4 or AMD), the biggest challenge is that many of them are still limited to 1 or 2 gigs of RAM.īoth posters Poorguy & Tolkem had good things to say about AntiX, and I have followed their advice and started looking at it, but also running into a related distro: MX. I have a series of 32 bit machines, both laptops and desktops, which I would like to revive with a light, agile distro of Linux. but not wanting to hijack that thread, I first searched the fora to see if this question has already be asked and answered, and finding none, I ask it here:Īs between Linux MX and AntiX, which distro is best suited for the requirements below?
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