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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What distro would you recommend for a 32-bit old Acer One laptop? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's an old model (Acer One D257) Processor is Intel Atom. Memory is 1GB DDR3 with 320 GB of HDD. I currently Have MX 21 running on it, but I need to reinstall because I forgot the root password. Since I'm reinstalling the OS, I thought I'd ask here for recommendations for an OS that makes the most of this oldie.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yeah MX21 32bits is what I would install, or AntiX.

Can't you boot on a USB key and reset the root password on your HD partition?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AntiX! Of course. I thought Antix had merged with Mepis to create MX. Didn't know they were still around. probably the best choice since it still seems to be based on Debian Stable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

AntiX is awesome on old HW, everything works, just don't load a big website in the browser or it crawls :)