Any old Linux distro I can install in my 15years

Any. But maybe the init system will matter. In that case I would suggest openrc as it's just awesome. Fast, easy, simple, does what an init system is supposed to do. On the other hand you have runit system which is said to be fast af. But I don't have a lot of experience with different inits so...

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disrupt_the_flow
Any. But maybe the init system will matter. In tha...

Yea runit and s6 both are very fast , s6 might be lil complex for those coming straight from systemd tho

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disrupt_the_flow

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Yea runit and s6 both are very fast , s6 might be ...

Never used it idk. Anyway atm I do use systemd unfortunately cause nixos.

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try linux mint if possible

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Raptor Blue Bear

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try linux mint if possible

Oh god no, never

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Muflone

Old hardware wants old OS or less modern environment You can install a WM if you like it, of course forget to use a modern fully fledged DE with that prehistoric hardware

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swodig

Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
Alpine Linux, or postmarketOS

isn't postmarket meant to run on phones?

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Ender

Muflone
Old hardware wants old OS or less modern environme...

What about MATE? It looks like it shouldn't require much resources. It's basically a WM with a bar and a settings menu.

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Muflone

Ender
What about MATE? It looks like it shouldn't requir...

Mate is a GNOME 2 fork, not a minimal WM

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Ender

Muflone
Mate is a GNOME 2 fork, not a minimal WM

I know. What I'm saying is that it is VERY minimal for a DE and my assumption is that it shouldn't eat much resources.

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Muflone

Ender
I know. What I'm saying is that it is VERY minimal...

Saving 100 MB of RAM won't make a big difference, IMHO

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Déjà vu

Muflone
Saving 100 MB of RAM won't make a big difference, ...

you have 8gb ram 7gb free and a program uses 7100mb and hours of disk io involves now makes difference.

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Muflone

Déjà vu
you have 8gb ram 7gb free and a program uses 7100m...

Better to forget chrome, chromium, Firefox, etc

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Déjà vu

Muflone
Better to forget chrome, chromium, Firefox, etc

+ game engines, 3d designers, audio studios, etc but no we can't forget life, you need to create your program better and reduce costs. ram stick is cheap everywhere

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Hooyar · Accepted Answer

Hooyar

Probably any linux distro

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