BigBadBeef
Active Member
Here are some options:
Please use a search engine beforehand next time. Not making even the most minimum of efforts to ascertain whether your question has been already answered is disrespectful to people, who take time out of their busy lives to help others with problems that other users have with their distros.
Please use a search engine beforehand next time. Not making even the most minimum of efforts to ascertain whether your question has been already answered is disrespectful to people, who take time out of their busy lives to help others with problems that other users have with their distros.
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
You have an entry level machine, from 2018 [or thereabouts] it is capable of running any distribution you choose, However it will not be the fastest for its age,
I recommend you consider either a lightweight or medium weight build, some which may suite include
Light weight,.
Antix
Linux lite
Medium weight..
Peppermint
MX
Mint LMDE6
Debian [with driver pack]
I recommend you consider either a lightweight or medium weight build, some which may suite include
Light weight,.
Antix
Linux lite
Medium weight..
Peppermint
MX
Mint LMDE6
Debian [with driver pack]
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Sorry, im new here
Heck, if you're good about not using all your RAM, you can run any distro you want.
We get this same question often. I'll share a link or two...
linux-tips.us
linux-tips.us
We get this same question often. I'll share a link or two...
How To: Ask A Good Support Question • Linux Tips
This article will teach you how to ask a good support question. After all, if you want good support you need to start with a good question.
linux-tips.us
Finally, an Answer to What is The Best Linux Distro? • Linux Tips
Finally, an attempt to answer to the age old question: Which Linux distro is the best? Read on to find out which distro is the best Linux distro.
linux-tips.us
@raulguy :-
TBH, it all boils down to personal choice at the end of the day.
I'm running a quad-core Pentium 'Gold' @ 3.7 GHz - (9th) Coffee Lake-gen - with 32GB RAM and 5TB+ of storage. I could run absolutely anything I wanted to on here, yet by choice I run one of the lightest distros you can get ('Puppy' Linux), originally intended to keep ancient "clunkers" still useful for a few more years.
Reason? When I started out with Linux, I was running an old "clunker"; an elderly Compaq desktop from 2004, with a dual-core Athlon64 X2 and just 3 GB of DDR1. I ended up running Puppy in order to maximise resources.......and got so used to it - and so handy with it - that I simply couldn't imagine using anything else, even with a brand-new machine (the Compaq died at the start of the pandemic in 2020, and I treated myself to my first-ever brand-new machine, an HP Pavilion desktop).
I like Puppy; I'm used to her, I know what I'm doing with her, and she does everything I've ever asked of her. So I run a kennels of around a dozen of the little darlings.....and couldn't be happier.
It all comes down to personal preference. You'll need to try-out at least a few, preferably via 'Live' sessions (these let you try the distro out, to see if hardware will 'play nice' under Linux, without touching your current OS).....and only then will you get some idea of what both you AND your machine are happy with. It's a slow process, but it needs to be done; I've never come across anyone yet who's totally satisfied with the very first distro they try, and never, EVER contemplate trying anything else.
BUT.....we're all different. You might be that very first individual. And don't be afraid to ask what may seem to be 'stupid' questions.....the only truly 'stupid' question is the one you don't ask. We were all noobs once, and in exactly the same position as you.
(Don't take BigBadBeef's reply too much to heart. He doesn't pull any punches, and speaks his mind. Most of us are too polite to do so..!)
Mike.
TBH, it all boils down to personal choice at the end of the day.
I'm running a quad-core Pentium 'Gold' @ 3.7 GHz - (9th) Coffee Lake-gen - with 32GB RAM and 5TB+ of storage. I could run absolutely anything I wanted to on here, yet by choice I run one of the lightest distros you can get ('Puppy' Linux), originally intended to keep ancient "clunkers" still useful for a few more years.
Reason? When I started out with Linux, I was running an old "clunker"; an elderly Compaq desktop from 2004, with a dual-core Athlon64 X2 and just 3 GB of DDR1. I ended up running Puppy in order to maximise resources.......and got so used to it - and so handy with it - that I simply couldn't imagine using anything else, even with a brand-new machine (the Compaq died at the start of the pandemic in 2020, and I treated myself to my first-ever brand-new machine, an HP Pavilion desktop).
I like Puppy; I'm used to her, I know what I'm doing with her, and she does everything I've ever asked of her. So I run a kennels of around a dozen of the little darlings.....and couldn't be happier.
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It all comes down to personal preference. You'll need to try-out at least a few, preferably via 'Live' sessions (these let you try the distro out, to see if hardware will 'play nice' under Linux, without touching your current OS).....and only then will you get some idea of what both you AND your machine are happy with. It's a slow process, but it needs to be done; I've never come across anyone yet who's totally satisfied with the very first distro they try, and never, EVER contemplate trying anything else.
BUT.....we're all different. You might be that very first individual. And don't be afraid to ask what may seem to be 'stupid' questions.....the only truly 'stupid' question is the one you don't ask. We were all noobs once, and in exactly the same position as you.
(Don't take BigBadBeef's reply too much to heart. He doesn't pull any punches, and speaks his mind. Most of us are too polite to do so..!)
Mike.
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BigBadBeef
Active Member
Yes, well, it does apply to any support forum you will visit in the future. The reason I warned you is because it has been known to levy toxic behavior.
I can run most distros on a 2GB machine with a 1.2GHz dual core processor, the 'heavy' desktops like KDE & Gnome will be slow, but I tend to use XFCE desktop, else a lightweight Window Manager, such as JWM, IceWM, Fluxbox, etc.
Try running a few 'live' distros that you like from pendrives, or using Ventoy, you can have many on the one pendrive to try out.
www.ventoy.net
(Once installed, these distros will run faster.)
Try running a few 'live' distros that you like from pendrives, or using Ventoy, you can have many on the one pendrive to try out.
Ventoy
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
(Once installed, these distros will run faster.)
Hello @raulguy,
Welcome to the linux.org forum.
You may want to take a look at this page.
Welcome to the linux.org forum.
You may want to take a look at this page.
Enjoy the Journey!Home | Linux Journey
linuxjourney.com
You could go here: https://distrowatch.com/ take a look at some, read the reviews and try from a flash drive those that caught your attention. Also, if you can, upgrade your RAM, add 4GB more, your device (Intel Celeron n4000) max supported RAM is 8GB. And if you haven't got a SSD, get one, and with these 2 hardware upgrades I think you'll have more room to try and test Linux distros until you find the one that suits you best.
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Give this a look Debian based, real lightweight, offers a lot of software.
q4os.org
q4os.org
q4os.org
Q4OS - desktop operating system
q4os.org
Q4OS - desktop operating system
q4os.org
Q4OS - desktop operating system
q4os.org
I sadly cant upgrade the ram, my laptop's ram is soldered, but thx for the suggestionYou could go here: https://distrowatch.com/ take a look at some, read the reviews and try from a flash drive those that caught your attention. Also, if you can, upgrade your RAM, add 4GB more, your device (Intel Celeron n4000) max supported RAM is 8GB. And if you haven't got a SSD, get one, and with these 2 hardware upgrades I think you'll have more room to try and test Linux distros until you find the one that suits you best.
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
don't worry, I run several distributions on my now 13 yr old laptop with only 4 gb ram, unless you were hoping to use ram heavy applications [vidio rendering, gaming etc] then you will not need any extra
