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I have an ancient laptop, need recommendations on which distro to install (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I have a very, very old laptop with me. I don't know the exact specs, but it has a single core celeron processor and 4GB of RAM. It's an old little thing, maybe 15 years old.

I installed Debian on it with LXQT and it was chugging hard. I don't expect it will run modern browsers anyways, so give me your best distros that can run on a potato and have a GUI.

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[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you want a GUI, Puppy Linux is for you:
https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/

[–] TaintPuncher@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

Seconded, Puppy is super lightweight and easy to get on with, definitely worth a try.