Anyone know of anything fitting an Eeepc?
My eepc is also 32 bit with 2gb of RAM. I did Debian 12 with LXDE from the net installer and it works really well.
This thread is making me nostalgic for Ubuntu Netbook Remix
OpenSUSE has a 32-bit build.
Running modern web browsers is no fun.
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I’m not familiar with Eee PCs but I’m assuming you’d want something lightweight. Q4OS has a 32-bit version available.
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FreeBSD offers a 32 bit variant still via their i386 image.
Expect a small learning curve if you’ve never used UNIX, but most things are similar enough that you’ll be fine. If you’re ok picking up the FreeBSD handbook.
I’ve had good luck with Antix on very old machines.
Debian. Just Debian. No drama.
Not Debian 13. https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.html#reduced-support-for-i386
Also note that the Debian team uses i386 to mean what we think of by 32 bit x86, not just CPUs from the very old i386 generation. https://wiki.debian.org/i386
MX runs fine, but applications such as browsers are very slow because of the old CPU 😐
Since I doubt the latest and greatest drivers interest you, I suggest debian. Might as well profit from extreme stability and reliability
Debian has dropped support for 32 bit in Debian 13.
Use debian 12 then, again, its not like you need the latest and gratest
Debian Security Support ends in 9 months and the LTS’s supported platforms haven’t been announced. It could very well be that in 9 months the i386 version of Debian 12 stops getting security updates. https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Lets say I had 8 chromebooks 4gb ram idk CPU and their all working. What realistically could I do with them? Some lenovo some google.
… Run ChromeOS? :P which is basically android. Maybe run Linux if the bootloader is unlockable
Another issue others are not addressing is the memory limitations of 32bit software. I am facing it now with a large database that is stuck in a 32 bit world. You may have issues finding 32 bit builds of software as well.
Something with LXDE or XFCE Desktop Environment, that is usually the DE for low-spec distros.
