Post by TheScarletPimpernel on Jun 29, 2023 23:29:41 GMT
I have been testing live distros on old hardware for the past 2 months:
IBM 600E 1998 64 KB RAM
IBM Thinkpad T41p 2003 512 MB RAM
IBM Thinkpad T61p 2007 (two of them) 2 GB RAM
Thinkpad W520 2011 16 GB RAM
Thinkpad 440 2013 8 GB RAM
Sadly the CMOS battery on the 600E just died and the T41 screen is failing. That aside I have tested 34 distros now.
Bodhi is excellent.
If you decide to look beyond Bodhi I would certainly look at Q40S with the Trinity deshtop and Slax, but also look at RAM only options like Porteus with OpenBox, and SliTaz. The older puppy editions may hold interest.
IBM 600E 1998 64 KB RAM
IBM Thinkpad T41p 2003 512 MB RAM
IBM Thinkpad T61p 2007 (two of them) 2 GB RAM
Thinkpad W520 2011 16 GB RAM
Thinkpad 440 2013 8 GB RAM
Sadly the CMOS battery on the 600E just died and the T41 screen is failing. That aside I have tested 34 distros now.
Bodhi is excellent.
If you decide to look beyond Bodhi I would certainly look at Q40S with the Trinity deshtop and Slax, but also look at RAM only options like Porteus with OpenBox, and SliTaz. The older puppy editions may hold interest.
