Lightweight OS recommendations

[Pasgui9]

I have this Lenovo laptop that I use as my secondary device sometimes, however it is unbearably slow. It has 4GB RAM and a Pentium N3540 that just chugs along. I have tried Ubuntu, Windows 10 and 8.1, and even with a decent SSD in the place of its 5400RPM HDD it's still very slow. I only ever use it for YouTube and sometimes Discord. I could really use some recommendations for extremely lightweight OS's, but please, not something that looks terrible.

[tikker]

Lubuntu or Puppy Linux come to mind. Though at some point there's also only so much you can expect from ancient laptop hardware.

[Pasgui9]

4 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

Puppy Linux

 

Tiny Core Linux

I've read about Tiny Core however I fear that I might be losing functionality with that OS.

[AMD A10-9600P]

Manjaro Linux is rather good too.

[Pasgui9]

5 minutes ago, tikker said:

Lubuntu or Puppy Linux come to mind. Though at some point there's also only so much you can expect from ancient laptop hardware.

Is Bodhi Linux a good distro? Seems very lightweight and it looks bearable.

[Pasgui9]

1 minute ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

Manjaro Linux is rather good too.

It looks great but I still fear that the requirements may be too high. Would it run smoothly?

 

[Pasgui9]

1 minute ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

Maybe ......... one option would be Tails

It's very Ubuntu-like, and it looks great. Would it run well? I have tried Ubuntu but it was still slow.

[Pasgui9]

I think I'll try Manjaro and see how it runs.

[Pasgui9]

1 minute ago, Grumpy Old Man said:

Works great, but it can't be installed on the hard drive. Works only live from a USB drive or optical drive

Oh, then I don't really have a use for it. Sorry.

[tikker]

23 minutes ago, Pasgui9 said:

Is Bodhi Linux a good distro? Seems very lightweight and it looks bearable.

I have never heard of that distro. Looks alright? The easiest way is probably to just grab a USB stick and load up various distros for a live boot to see how they perform and if you like them.