Subj : Re: Lacros
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Sun Aug 13 2023 10:53:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Mike!
> 

> ZDNet recently had an article on some other Linux versions for old
> hardware:
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-aging-computer-try-these
> -5-linux-distributions/
> I do not have experience with any of these versions.  Just sticking the
> information in here for reference.


The problem with a Chromebook is that it's not a standard laptop, so it 
needs a distro that's known to work with it. And not all of them will. 
But a bunch do.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=linux+for+chromebook&ia=web

I don't know if a Chromebook does a live boot from USB, but if so, 
that's the way to test out various distros and see which work.


Anything that starts from Ubuntu, hasn't been thoroughly trimmed, and 
isn't Puppy or Mint, will be too heavy for an older or minimal laptop.

Bohdi uses modified Enlightenment, which is anything but lightweight. 
I've messed with it some but didn't find it appealing.

Anything using LXDE/LXQt will be a lot livelier as a desktop. (But JWM 
will run rings around LXDE or any other complete desktop.)

TinyCore is not usable out of the box. You have to add literally everything.

Wary Puppy is my go-to data rescue boot. It runs from RAM rather than 
from the HD. When I had it on an ancient laptop it was perfectly fine on 
340mb RAM. It is odd, doesn't feel like linux at all, and I never did 
get wifi to work. It's easy to use and runs well even on a 20 year old 
PC. However... there's not just one Puppy, there are literally hundreds. 
Just a few:

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/

I like JWM as the puppy desktop, tho there are various others available. 
My very favorite was actually one of the Debian Dogs (not-really-Puppy 
but acts-like-Puppy) called MintPup, unfortunately no longer maintained.

https://debiandog.github.io/doglinux/
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