I have an old Exper netbook with:
Intel Atom N455 @ 1.66 GHz
1 core / 2 threads
2 GB RAM
I’m thinking about bringing it back to life with Linux.
My first choice is antiX, because I want something very lightweight, but I’m curious if anyone here has a better recommendation for hardware this old.
Would you go with antiX, or something else?
#asknostr #linux #antix #oldhardware #netbook
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