Gilgameshie

I got some old end hardware that I would like to get up and going again, (Intel Celeron duel core 2GB ddr3 laptop and AMD duel core ddr2) It's been about 10+ years the last time I even played with Linux and not sure what Linux distribution to try or how to even start setting it up. I'm sure this has been asked a lot in this forum but any help or a direction would be helpful. Thanks.