I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

  • RippleEffect@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    I have an atom Asus transformer with 2gb of ram that can run but not much else. Any good 32 bit distros I can look into? Realistically I think much of the mainstream web browsers are becoming too heavy also, which is what I would primarily use and might be more of my problem.

    • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Antix offers a 32bit build and only uses about 100mbs of ram(and systemd free as well it uses sysvinit and runit uses window managers like icewm jwm instead of regular desktope nvironments )

      • RippleEffect@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I know! It’d be great if it were a better sized SSD (not SD soldered) and more memory. The processor is sufficient so it feels like a waste.

        That said, I did use it in college so I did get use out of it.

    • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      Re the web browsers I think you’re right. You may get away with a more lightweight browser like SeaMonkey or Falkon, maybe like 1 tab of Chromium lol

      Distros I’d try on that would be Linux Mint Debian Edition, Debian w/ lightweight DE like LXDE or Xfce, or Arch Linux 32 if you really want to make it minimalist. Gentoo if you’re very adventurous but with my EEE PC I found compile times took up to days.