Distribution on such Linux hardware?

Question

linux

Hello, there is an old computer here is iron

CPU type Intel Celeron D 331, 2666 MHz (20 x 133)
Motherboard ECS P4M800Pro-M (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard chipset VIA P4M800 Pro
System memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DIMM1: Samsung M3 68L6523CUS-CCC 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz)
DIMM2: 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0 -3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)
Display:
NVIDIA GeForce 6200 video adapter (128 MB)
nVIDIA GeForce 6200 3D accelerator AGP

Tell me what Linux can be installed so that it works fine?
I would like to install Mint Linux 18.3 XFCE x64, because I need Opera because there is a VPN and it only works on x64 bits (or tell me some normal extension for VPN) and I need Skype to work normally

Answer 1

Scrap. Do you seriously think that a processor that cost $89 when released 13 years ago can work outside of refrigerators and washing machines?

Answer 2

Tell me what Linux can be installed so that it works fine?
Windows XP/98
Scrap it. It will not work normally with modern software. Forget and don't even dream

Answer 3

In its current form - only for scrap. You can, of course, upgrade the processor to C2D E6400 and replace the RAM with at least 4Gb (2 * 2). Then, at least, he will be able to access some Internet, and then ... I would not get involved, unless the upgrade costs a small amount, well, 500 rubles, no more.

Answer 4

Hubunt normally works for me approximately on such a config.
Memory only to the maximum drive it one dick is cheap now

Answer 5

Windows XP and Firefox.
Forget about 64-bit, less than 4 GB of memory = 32 bits.
If you're after Linux, try DSL - Damn Small Linux and PuppyLinux.

Answer 6

Firstly, no modern browser will work "normally" on a system with 1 GB of memory, regardless of the OS.
Secondly, your Wishlist is generally incompatible with the old hardware.
Thirdly, Linux and Skype are very poorly compatible things, M$ tried.
Therefore - alas, you need to change either tasks or hardware.
PS I have, for example, employees who work on similar machines under Xubuntu, for whom a browser is enough to work, and without any heavy pages there - but such work is by no means for those accustomed to everything flying.

Answer 7

Working in the browser will be a punishment. The processor is dead.

Answer 8

If the question was about DE, then probably the least resource-intensive would be openbox + tint2 + lightweight fork of firefox
And honestly, as they wrote above, it’s better not to bother and install XP without antiviral, since this dinosaur will not pull the latter, except perhaps for flash drives "Sharp Eye" ) and install opera 12 there (if you want).

Answer 9

Any release of 2003-2004. No updates, only authentic (the same year software). No modern software will work.
It's not even a typewriter. This is a piece of iron, suitable only for the homeless for scrap. The current Dishman smarts have more powerful processors.

Answer 10

You can add Debian etch here, but WITHOUT the desktop. Will work fine. The browser will work fine there - elinks is called :) You can even try to run dillo.
Do you need a VPN client (yes, apparently) or a VPN server?
UPDATE: I saw a line about Skype. Skype is now working only the last one. Previous 4.x - do not work.
Then yes, I agree with the previous speakers.
If you need a server - you can put it, it will work.
If a desktop, then buy a used ear brand name (Fujitsu, etc.) - around 8-10 tr. And then everything will work.

Answer 11

The computer is not so old ...
1 On such an archaic, you can run an aster :) It was originally made for machines "tested" by special officers. And they tested them for a long, many years (quake,...). Agree it will be interesting to put tor on an aster, even symbolically :) You can even file such a distribution. Red Viking on a brown bear. Type so that all sorts of LBI do not break and do not shake then.
2 Launched (400 MHz percent) papyrus (boiled and version 12) and installed altlinux (samba server). Windows ... They are also different (lightweight). I use icewm. In the aster there is a certain fly (beautiful, but so far I haven’t really tested it). Papyrus has an opera, you can also roll on an aster.
3 Gentoo. There will be no extra processes (daemons). To assemble, you will have to cut the swap and leave it overnight. Opera is also there.
4. For the sake of vpn, put on an opera ... Not sporty. Put some package with VPN and wrap any browser into it. You can put a tor, vpn on this stump and go online through it.
Yes, and life forced me to master it. And the local cops too. Because some guy from Krasnodar, who in his youth was the leader of an organized crime group, through the court (Cossack, on a Cossack, Cossack ... Cossack in short) blocked a number of resources so that no one, no one, no one, would remember who this respected don was in his youth :) And part of the documentation can only be found through these resources. And download packages too. Circus. The main thing is not to be asked during the interview - can you administer the torus? :)