Suggest a "lightweight " OS for netbook

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anish_sha

anish_sha

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Hi,

I ahve a old sony netbook having Atom Processor 1.83 ghz 2Gb DDR2 ram , Suggest me a Lightweight OS for this preferably a windows and a linux
 
Linux mint if you want GUI support otherwise archlinux also you can try puppy Linux very light weight but don't have much features
 
Was using Crunchbang and installed Bunsenlabs Hydrogen few weeks back. Its the community fork of Crunchbang - http://www.bunsenlabs.org/

I have this on Asus netbook which I use once in a while and also have the 64bit version on my desktop. Have been using since 2013 and can say that it just lets me do what I want. Simple UI and debian stability.
 
you could also try Lubuntu and ubuntu mate. Last time I tried lubuntu on a PIII. initially it would lag but when properly booted up it was snappy
 
I think any version of Linux you try will be fast enough. You'll have to choose a desktop environment that's lightweight, and only install the packages you need.
Download any major distro - Debian/Fedora/SUSE, and try out KDE/GNOME/XFCE/MATE/Cinnamon/Enlightenment.
Choose the one you like best, and uninstall the rest.
 
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Rather PCBSD. FreeBSD is a pain and the learning curve can be quiet steep not to mention the driver problems
 
if I remember correctly they recommend using a drive with greater than 21 Mbps speed. You usb pen drive might not meet the requirement
 
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