[ale] lite linux, bodhi vs LXLE vs Puppy, trying to revive old machine

[Boris Borisov]

I would say it again Antix Linux https://antixlinux.com/. Debian based with
conventional init light enough to work with single core Celeron from ages
ago. Has 32 and 64 bit flavors. I'm using as of now for about a three
months. Has bit of quirks but it is useful desktop distro. They just
released version 19.

Puppy Linux used to be light and snappy. Now the new versions use the
packages either from ubuntu or slackware which is convenient but the boot
time is a hog on old hardware. At least the first boot. I'm still using it
as live CD when I have to use PC on emergency and prefer older versions.

One very particular distro is Slitaz. Light and with own package system. I
never installed it as desktop but as live CD is a blast.


On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM Jeffrey Brown via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> My newest hardware is a Lenovo T430, and I use Debian/LXDE on every GUI
> machine. Admittedly, my T410 and my old Dell laptop with max 1 or 2 GB RAM
> strain under Chromium (I am trying to get used to alternatives - I know it
> needs to go), but except for that, and as long as you aren't watching htop
> while they work, they perform very acceptably at any other task. The Dell
> has mostly been relegated to the role of a lightweight server that flexes
> in the middle, but only because there is a limit to the number of consoles
> I need/use.
>
> LXDE is still alive and well on Debian.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey D. Brown
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> ("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 3:17 PM David Jackson via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> I'll go ahead and recommend LXLE.  I'm running it on a T60 Thinkpad in a
>> 32-bit config.  The distro apparently is not dead!!!
>>
>> I had actually thought that because LXDE had become LXQt on the Ubuntu
>> upstream side, that since this distro would die on the vine due to a
>> heavier weight desktop no longer working as well on older 32-bit systems.
>> 32-bit systems aren't as provided for as they used to be; lots of 32-bit
>> versions of favorite distros are disappearing, since there are fewer of
>> those systems around these days, and I thought LXLE would fall victim to
>> that trend.  But it turns out I'm wrong, and the one-man dev team (I think)
>> is turning out fixes, and my T60 feels cared for again!
>>
>> I always thought LXLE had some artistically savvy people working with it,
>> because the included wallpapers are lovely and nice design choices had been
>> made on it.  I think I number of people had been using it as a main desktop
>> distro, it's just that nicely finished.
>>
>> Anyway, I tried Bodhi, but the desktop seemed pretty unstable from my
>> experience.  Last time I tried Puppy was long ago, when it was based on
>> Slackware.  LXLE was a pleasant surprise from my experience.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 7:40 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>> openSUSE Tumbleweed 32 as well, but of the four you posted puppy linux,
>>> even debian 32 bit.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 2:44 PM Jeff Hubbs via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, but I could absolutely Gentoo the crap out of it even if it's
>>>> 32-bit, and run modern versions of everything.
>>>>
>>>> On 10/6/19 10:49 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha via Ale wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Friends:
>>>>
>>>> Any one has experience with Bodhi vs LXLE vs Puppy linux for an old
>>>> Dell PC.
>>>>
>>>> 2GB ram with old cpu.
>>>>
>>>> -Narahari
>>>>
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