What is the best distro i can use in a Atom netbook?

[oki404]

I have Atom CPU netbook. I want install Linux on it. What is best distro for it? It only supports x86.

[Guest]

Lubuntu 18.04 or Debian with LXDE should work but don't expect to do even basic web browsing smoothly on it.

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, oki404 said:

I have Atom CPU netbook. I want install Linux on it. What is best distro for it? It only supports x86.

What atom? First gen stuff like a n270 and stuff is basically not usable no matter what you do.

[oki404]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

What atom? First gen stuff like a n270 and stuff is basically not usable no matter what you do.

Z3735F and 2GB RAM.

[jaslion]

13 minutes ago, oki404 said:

Z3735F and 2GB RAM.

Doable system ram will be the limiting factor.

 

But basically debian, arch, lubuntu,... all that stuff will function.

[RollyShed]

We have an eMachines 350 with an Atom N340 processor, MFG October 2009. The Toshiba Z3735G might be a bit newer than that. Both in the link I have, state Windows 32 bit installed and our one would have come with WinXP.

 

I installed Linux MATE 32 bit on our one and it has a 120GB SSD in place of the original disk. It has been upgraded from 1GB RAM to 2GB and works well. It will, I have tried it, run Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3, 64 bit on an SSD, though not as fast.