Linux for Atom Notebook

[Lonni J Friedman]

This isn't a RAM issue.  The CPU is way too limited.  Intel wised up a
few years ago and retargeted their Atom CPUs for embedded purposes,
which is a far more suitable market (where they hope to eat into ARMs
lunch).

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Lonni: Win 10 on this thing, even the "light weight" version on it, is
> glacial.  That's why I asked.
> 2 Gb RAM should be more than adequate for a 32-bit Linux.  I have the 64-bit
> SuSE 13.1 and LEAP on an old HP laptop (AMD Turion) and "free" shows lots of
> free memory, i.e. little or no swap use.
>
>
>
> On 03/02/2016 11:49 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>
>> Any modern distribution should work fine, but be forewarned,
>> performance is going to be awful.  Those old Atom CPUs are not capable
>> of much of anything, especially desktop usage.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Leon Goldstein via Linux-users
>> <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> A friend gave me an old Toshiba NB 305 notebook.  I would like to install
>>> a
>>> SSD and use Linux.  The notebook originally had Windows 7, upgraded to
>>> 10,
>>> so it does not have UEFI to contend with.  It also has 2 GB or RAM.
>>>
>>> So, what would be a good 32-bit Linux to use with it?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Leon A. Goldstein
>>> System L2
>>> OpenSuSE 13.1
>>>
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>>
>>
>
> --
> Leon A. Goldstein
> System L2
> OpenSuSE 13.1
>



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