Oldest PC tested with Bodhi?

My oldest is Pentium 4 with 82865G Intel Extreme 2 Graphics. Only had 512mb ram for a long time, but picked up a few extra ram modules from family who were tossing an old machine, so now its something like 1.5G? I forgot actually, as it's so much now I hardly even think about it It's running Bodhi 6 Legacy Beta, but I'm anxiously awaiting Bodhi 7 Legacy Beta to test! I was surprised when reading some stuff recently that they're still adding features for this old hardware, linux 5.4 improved my floppy drive controller speed (which I dont use, but have), and linux 5.8 included feature update for my integrated graphics, as described 3 years ago with a headline about 17 Years Later: Intel 865 Chipset Seeing FBC Enabled On Linux

It doesn't have the SSE3 instruction so chromium (and forks) can't run. But firefox (and palemoon and epiphany) still chugging along just fine!

Yesterday I´ve tried Bodhi 7, Bodhi Legacy and Antix. No way. It doesn´t even start the live versions of the 3 OSs. XP will stay there.
By the way, it is impressive how reactive the Netbook works with that OS.

Hmmmm, I remember these computers. The thing is they were originally loaded and sold with Linux type OS; that is why I am hopeful you can find a supported Linux distro that will run on it.

Try the Puppy line, Bionic Pup and Fossa pup for sure but also look at older Puppy distros and the Puplets. Since the Puppy OS is locked down older distros are less of a malware/security concern so going back in time with Puppy distros is less dangerous than with standard distros.

Look at the new and old FatDog -it is now its own thing.

Look at Slax for sure.

Check out Porteus OpenBox, Mate, or LXDE versions.  

Definately try SliTaz as it is its own thing and may work, and my it is fast.

Also look at Absolute Linux, Core Plus, and LXLE as a Hail Mary pass.

Consider Q4OS 4.2 (Gemini) with the Trinity desktop. If that works then try the new Aquarius version (it appears heavier), the Gemini release is supported until Sept 2026, Aquarius until 2028.

Kumander is by far the heaviest of those I have listed but it is worth a shot. You will think you are running windows 7 theme wise.

Notes:

Puppy(s) and Porteus have pared down and rewrote so much of what they were based on that they are really their own thing.

SliTaz, Porteus and Puppy-family all have learning curves. Puppy has a very friendly and unique support forum in that for many matters they prefer you ask for assistance rather than read the docs and make a mistake. Additionally Porteus and Puppy's have locked down OS so there is a innate layer of security that many distros do not possess.

Cheers mate.

The Scarlet Pimpernel