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Question Lightweight Distro for a decade-old laptop?

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May sobrang lumang laptop ako na nangongolekta ng alikabok. Sayang naman, baka pwedeng gawing netbook. Triny ko ChromeOS via CloudReady, di kaya. meron kayang lightweight linux distro na kaya?
Specs:
Core 2 Duo (di ko na maalala anong procie model, pero may centrino badge)
2GB RAM
 
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May sobrang lumang laptop ako na nangongolekta ng alikabok. Sayang naman, baka pwedeng gawing netbook. Triny ko ChromeOS via CloudReady, di kaya. meron kayang lightweight linux distro na kaya?
Specs:
Core 2 Duo (di ko na maalala anong procie model, pero may centrino badge)
2GB RAM
Pinaka lightweight na natry ko is Xubuntu pero for sure marami pang mas lightweight dun. I just like it because it has XFCE and has a fairly big community around it kaya madali mag hanap ng resources.

Also, it would be really helpful kung ano ibig sabihin mo by "di kaya" para madetermine mo if worth it pang paganahin o hindi na.

Other things I think you should consider lalo na sa lumang electronics:
  • compatibility with hardware (ssd upgrade? , ports)
  • battery (batteries degrade over time kahit inaalagaan, mas lalo pa kung napabayaan)
  • power delivery (leaky capacitors and faulty vrms may cause an issue depending kung gano ka gamit yung device)
 
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May sobrang lumang laptop ako na nangongolekta ng alikabok. Sayang naman, baka pwedeng gawing netbook. Triny ko ChromeOS via CloudReady, di kaya. meron kayang lightweight linux distro na kaya?
Specs:
Core 2 Duo (di ko na maalala anong procie model, pero may centrino badge)
2GB RAM
try niyo mint
 
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May sobrang lumang laptop ako na nangongolekta ng alikabok. Sayang naman, baka pwedeng gawing netbook. Triny ko ChromeOS via CloudReady, di kaya. meron kayang lightweight linux distro na kaya?
Specs:
Core 2 Duo (di ko na maalala anong procie model, pero may centrino badge)
2GB RAM
try mo win xp
 
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