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Can an old pc run Linux?

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11 minutes ago, Wastheboss said:

Hello, I have a hp pavilion p2 pc 

model number p2-1113w (2012) 

I am new to Linux and was wondering if a dinky old pc like that can run something like elementary OS 

 

Thank you ?? 

My Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz with HT was able to run Ubuntu just fine in 2006... I'm sure you'll be fine. It also depends on what you want to achieve by this. Browsing would be ok for the most part, but you may run into issues with 4k content and streaming. But is should be ok for productivity with open office installed.

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11 minutes ago, Wastheboss said:

Hello, I have a hp pavilion p2 pc 

model number p2-1113w (2012) 

I am new to Linux and was wondering if a dinky old pc like that can run something like elementary OS 

 

Thank you ?? 

My Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz with HT was able to run Ubuntu just fine in 2006... I'm sure you'll be fine. It also depends on what you want to achieve by this. Browsing would be ok for the most part, but you may run into issues with 4k content and streaming. But is should be ok for productivity with open office installed.

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