There are a lot of Linux distributions out there suitable for old computers or computers with low hardware resources, but one particular distribution has been
Oooh, I have an old Vaio PictureBook Id like to eventually revive. Currently it’s running a very old Mandrake from that time (with KDE). Not sure if I can fit something more modern on it.
Looks like it would work. I did have an adapter lying around that let me use a CF card instead of a spinning disk, so that helped.
The biggest hassle was getting the thing to start because boot from USB didn’t really exist back then so I had to burn a CD and the drive on that machine is kind of flaky these days.
Though I will say that it’s not exactly usable. Pretty much any website makes it grind to a halt. But it’s good right up until then.
That machine was quite annoying because it refused to boot off anything other than its internal disk or an external floppy i.e. no USB sticks, despite it having a USB port. Even back then, stuff was mostly coming out on ISOs for CDs and floppies were phased out. Nowadays it’ll probably require a bit of tinkering (and I’ll have to find a floppy).
And if your computer can’t even handle that, there’s always Tiny Core.
Oooh, I have an old Vaio PictureBook Id like to eventually revive. Currently it’s running a very old Mandrake from that time (with KDE). Not sure if I can fit something more modern on it.
Looks like it would work. I did have an adapter lying around that let me use a CF card instead of a spinning disk, so that helped.
The biggest hassle was getting the thing to start because boot from USB didn’t really exist back then so I had to burn a CD and the drive on that machine is kind of flaky these days.
Though I will say that it’s not exactly usable. Pretty much any website makes it grind to a halt. But it’s good right up until then.
That machine was quite annoying because it refused to boot off anything other than its internal disk or an external floppy i.e. no USB sticks, despite it having a USB port. Even back then, stuff was mostly coming out on ISOs for CDs and floppies were phased out. Nowadays it’ll probably require a bit of tinkering (and I’ll have to find a floppy).