What os on a old netbook

[JeWwow]

Hello everyone!

What operating system should I use on a Samsung nc110 netbook? I have installed android x86 on it but it lags.

Thank youuu ;3

[Wolly9102]

I would install Linux Mint. Woudln't throw windows at an Atom N450

[themctipers]

bunsenlabs (disable compositing)

[wasab]

Windows 98 because most likely it will be the only thing it can run. 

[QXC]

On 2/17/2019 at 8:05 PM, wasab said:

Windows 98 because most likely it will be the only thing it can run. 

Early were capable of running Windows XP if memory serves. This particular model shipped with "Windows 7 Starter". One can make an argument about how well any of those NT based OSes ran on them, but it is possible if you're so inclined.

Bunsenlabs is a great place to start. Xubuntu miiiiiiight run as well, it's got a more traditional desktop layout but isn't as lightweight as openbox (the desktop environment that Bunsenlabs uses).

[Allmykidsareblack]

You could try the chromium project but will turn your netbook into a Chromebook without any android marketplace support. It worked really well on my old atom. I tried Ubuntu and it had a lot of hardware issues. Linux Mint on the other hand worked great.

[FuzzyYellow]

I'd go for Xubuntu.

 

That is, Ubuntu with the XFCe desktop environment. It's much lighter-weight than stock ubuntu.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Xubuntu, Puppy Linux, any lightweight Linux Distro basically.  Definitely not Windows.

 

 

[Nebari]

Ah, netbooks. Haven't burned seen one of those in the wild for a while now.

 

How heavy usage are you expecting and what type of applications do you want to use on it? (and how pretty a desktop environment do you want?)

 

 

[Guest]

Which androidx86 flavor you tried?

Try Phoenix OS

As for a Linux distro, you can try Ubuntu Mate, Kubuntu (with effects disabled) or Xubuntu, the last one is probably the best choice
Linux Mint XFCE is even more user friendlier

[slashqpbyte]

On 2/17/2019 at 7:03 PM, themctipers said:

bunsenlabs (disable compositing)

I second bunsenlabs, its a great os. If you wanted windows, try windows xp embedded.

[GoodBytes]

On 2/21/2019 at 1:56 AM, QXC said:

Early were capable of running Windows XP if memory serves. This particular model shipped with "Windows 7 Starter". One can make an argument about how well any of those NT based OSes ran on them, but it is possible if you're so inclined.

Bunsenlabs is a great place to start. Xubuntu miiiiiiight run as well, it's got a more traditional desktop layout but isn't as lightweight as openbox (the desktop environment that Bunsenlabs uses).

Nha. They could barely run Windows XP. Windows 7 can ran, but you need faster specs.

His Netbook runs an Atom 455. It is a single core CPU at 1.66GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, and it can only up to two instructions per cycle, and SMT support is only on select models... I don't know for the CPU he has if it supports it or not.

 

To run Windows 7... forget well.. just run... you need Atom with SMT support, dual core, 64-bit CPU, 2GHz+ and the later architectures revisions. Many netbooks running Windows 7 were powered by the much faster dual core Celeron CPUs.