Chris, You got that right. My old Acer laptop had become so slow that it was almost unusable for about 15 minutes after it was powered on. I decided to install MX Linux 18 on it and was amazed at the difference in speed. I does take a little over a minute to boot up, but this is because of the old technology. Once it has all initialized, all of the programs start and run quickly and it runs as fast as it did when it was new. Linux really saved this machine from the Recycler.
I really appreciate your videos and your support for Linux. My wife has one of the original Samsung NC-10 netbooks. For sentimental reasons, she won't get rid of it. So I've kept it looking and running like new for 12 years now. Now it runs 32-bit Tiny Linux on 2gb of Ram and a small ssd. I've been a Unix and Linux admin since even before Linux existed. I got my first pre-zero kernel distro from my local BBS back when dinosaurs walked the earth. It took 20 floppy disks, would run about a week, then eat it's own filesystem! I'm thrilled to see how far it's come since. Thanks again for the great videos. 😁
Hi, I have an acer laptop with Intel Celeron of 1.60Hz, 2 GB RAM, and 64 bit OS 64 based processor. I'm indicating all of these coz I don't know what's the cause for its very very very slow performance. Opening an app would take me minutes. And its frustrating. I did ask someone for help, they told me to just take this laptop to a person who can fix it. Reading your comment made me think on what if I buy and install linux? Can it change something? Thank you
@@UtahDarkHorse wishing you a long, healthy life. May you and your loved ones prosper. I hope you pass some your wisdom around to the folks around you.
It will be completely useful again. You'll be surprised how fast it will be. I am running two Asus netbooks from that era to do actual work and they work better than when they were new with lubuntu and keep up for the most part with current every day tasks TH-cam will probably work fine at 480.
@@patthesoundguy Great to hear! But I'm curious, what do you mean by "actual work"? Can it access Onedrive spreadsheets? What about KDEN live movies? What are the limits to an older machine like this?
@@eclipsenow5431 all of the Google stuff works great as well as one drive. TH-cam up to 480 and then it chokes. KDN live is probably not going to work very well if at all on the low specs of a 10 year old net book. I will try installing it and see what happens. I can't remember if I tried it on my dual core desktop with 4 gig of ram or not. I will try that too. Here are the specs of one of the net books that I am mixing a live show with right now. ASUS Eee PC T91 Specifications: Windows XP Home 8.9″ LED-backlit display with resistive touch panel CPU Intel Atom Z520 (1.33GHz, 533MHz FSB) Intel US15W chipset Graphics: Intel GMA 950 LAN onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller Wireless: 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth V2.1 Memory 1GB (DDR2 533MHz) Storage Total 52GB (16GB Solid State Drive + 16GB SD Card + 20GB Eee Storage) Webcam: 0.3 Megapixel (VGA) Media Readers: 3-in-1 MMC, SD, SDHC flash card slot and SD card expansion slot Dimensions 225mm (W) x 164mm (D) x 25.2 ~ 28.4mm (H) Weight 2lbs (0.96kg)
This is how I transitioned into full time Linux use. My old laptop ran like garbage with windows, got to like using linux on it so much I made the transition to my main PC.
Yeoman SSD prices are way down so it's easy to get into one. Also, buy an enclosure for your old HDD and use it to backup your files as a storage drive.
@@TennesseeFrank Are HDDs better for storage (long term)? Are they more robust? I have a lot of data (movies, series, books etc) that I never want to lose - currently stored on few external HDDs. I was thinking of getting external SSD drives for storage cos I read they don't have mechanical parts so are less prone to failure. Though I also read that their life is lesser than HDDs. I'm a bit confused. To give credit where credit is due though, seems like if HDDs are handled with care, they can last long and probably won't go corrupt unless someone just has shitty luck.
I'm running Linux Mint on an old Samsung N150 netbook with 2Gb of memory and a small SSD. It runs really well. I'm using it primarily for listening to music from Spotify and audiobooks as it's dead silent so it doesn't distract me during late evening, listening sessions and works with my external, hi-fi DAC and tube headphone amp. It is almost perfect, low budget Audio Hi-Fi solution. I'm super happy :)
Wow, nearly 8 min video and the only thing he ran was a terminal? 😮😕 Well, the terminal works fine, yes, indeed, but I think people were not fully convinced that all what he claims was true.
He used a virtual machine so he could record the install process without too much hassle. He also probably has some stuff on that device and by installing the new system he would overwrite the old system as Linux's EXT filesystem doesn't support shrinking partitions.
@@ciberiada01 i have the acer one running arch on it i can use in case i want to do something really quick like load something on to my homebrewed ps vita, it does many things very well but you also have to realize the limitations
@@GlitterGlitchy I realise. Believe me, I do. I've used Lubuntu for years now and *for certain tasks* it performs quite well, while with others I had to spend hours to have it working, if at all. So usually these built-in and preconfigured Windows functionalities that users take for granted, are *hard* to achieve in Linux. 😐 If a user has used Windows for years, switching to Linux will most probably be a learning curve and a *struggle* . And I don't even wanna start the subject of DEs, system configs, partitioning, s/w versions, h/w detection, etc. 😥 I mean, everybody can "produce" such a non-specific video, where every third word is "very good" and where viewers have no other way except *trusting* the presenter's statements.
I set newbies up with peppermint a lot of the time. I use the ice to lock in things like gmail! etc.. Windows users are usually pretty amazed that it never slows down. About a month later they will say when is it going to get slow? Answer its not! Great video as always!
You should try AntiX , I got it installed on an old xp workstation that used to be in an office. It had 1Gb of ram and a single core 2.66 GHz processor and it took only 150Mb of ram on boot and the CPU usage was at ~2%
This is exactly how I discovered and came to love Linux!! I found an old Windows 7 laptop in a drawer and tried to log in, Windows was loading for about 10 minutes before it even told me I had the wrong password so I decided the machine was done for. I decided to do a clean install of Linux Mint 19 and holy cow!! This ancient machine from 2009 was nearly as fast as my < 6 month old Windows 10 computer! Since then I've learned the command line and came to adore Linux and it is my primary OS for my personal use. Resurrecting old computers with Linux is an amazing option!
@DJSupertel94 Thanks for the reply. If I get time I'll definitely take a look into those. Linux is awesome, I've actually began studying Linux Red Hat administration since my last post, Linux is endlessly interesting
When my refurbished HP 8530P Elitebook started running *slowly* on Win 10 (bootup game me enough time to grab a cup of coffee), I knew it was time for Linux. (Years ago, I installed Ubuntu on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29). Ended up installing Linux Mint XFCE after several other distros on the HP laptop, and MX Linux on the Toughbook. Both not only work, but I spend *less* time fixing errors. So thanks for this video - with hardware prices so high, Linux is a great way to extend operational life
Thanks for your video. Recently I have recovered an old Netbook and I installed MX Linux on it, 250 Mb of Ram Used, tons of soft to install, and a 32 bit support assured, contrary to Lubuntu, which apparently will be dropping 32 bits. MX Linux is based on stable Debian. Recommend, give it a try.
Exactly. My office had the original Lenovo Carbon X1 from 2012 just sitting in storage. I asked about buying it and they just gave it to me. I wiped Windows and installed UbuntuDDE. I now use it more than my 11th gen Dell XPS 13. It's a great experience.
i installed lubuntu 19.04 on my 10 year old laptop and it changed it completely. It is a ton faster than windows 10. yes i had windows 10 on it very wrong decision :(
@BlackWorm Win10 on a machine of that vintage would have been enough to bring a strong man to tears. Been there, done that, will never do it again no matter what!
Hey, there I need a little help. I have an 10 old netbook, Acer Aspire one. 1gb Ram, 160Gb Hdd, 1.66ghz, intel Atom.. so,it was dead. When I turned On after Ages ,the screen popped up then it stayed on a black screen with " _ " mark. Then I got to know that Os was broke. I tried installing Lubuntu with bootable USB pendrive. But, everytime it says, Base system error. I didn't find any solution in the internet, please someone help me. Or Suggest me Os which is suitable for my netbook. I want to use it for some reasons. Only ISO, bootable through USB. Coz I'm not in a stage to buy, DVd/CD Os.
I have a 9 month old ThinkPad with Win 10. 3.3 Gigs used on the desktop with nothing else running. 8 gigs ram and an SSD. I have a 7 year old ThinkPad e530 with 8 gigs Ram and a cheap SSD. Installed Mint Cinnamon. When I am using Chrome with multiple tabs open and running 480p TH-cam video, 2.2 gigs of Ram is being used. Wow.
I run MX Linux (32bit) on an old Samsung NC10 netbook with 1GB ram and use it mainly on travels. I can run Vivaldi & Thunderbird together... I don't even have the need to replace the HD with an SSD...
@jtodora, let me know how it went. I have Toshiba Satellite P30. No matter what I try I cannot get ANY Linux on it. Keep getting 8254 IO APIC error. Thanks
@@johngrisham4097 I installed Lubuntu 18.04, 32-bit on my Toshiba Satellite A105, Centrino Duo Core, 32-bit, 2GB RAM last night. (My A105 is a 32-bit processor, so make sure you have the right Lubuntu). I currently have Windows 10 running on the Toshiba. It's slow, but it runs. I installed Lubuntu 18.04 in a Virtual Machine as to not destroy the Windows 10 install yet. It took 3-1/2 hours to install, but it seems to be running. The screen size is not right yet and I have not tried to install any apps yet. I'll keep the thread informed of my progress. My goal is to dump Windows 10, at least from the Toshiba.
i took your advice and tried to install it by cd on my toaster, l now have to remodel my kitchen, plus buy the wife a new toaster, will you be doing any toaster reviews
eBay--I got a several-year-old Dell Latitude with Mint installed for a little over $100 (no battery). The hard drive has crapped out, but will replace it soon. Those old Latitudes are built like tanks! It's more solid than either of my newer computers. Sometimes they do have old netbooks, probably for less than 100.
Lol I want a Linux toaster 🙃. Nice video Chris. I’d like to see what is next past the installation this is the place people tend to struggle when switching. Maybe do a trouble shooting series with real world problems people come across when switching. You’re definitely getting me inspired to boot up an old laptop and give it a go.
Agree entirely. I have an old Dell laptop that freezes for a long time when booting Linux. When you disable the splash screen and allow all the messages to display you can see that an SVideo driver is holding things up BIG TIME! So it's a matter of including 'video=SVIDEO-1:d' on the Linux command line. When it comes to that 'ipv6.disable=1' doesn't hurt either. If you can actually see what is happening, it's really quite easy to work out what it working properly and what is causing problems within Linux.
Linux rocks for reviving old laptops. I've got a Thinkpad T60 with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo and 2GBs DDR2. It runs Manjaro XFCE on a 240GB SSD and it's blazing fast. With Windows 7 the poor thing could barely open Firefox without locking up sporadically. I just love the keyboard on this laptop and Linux essentially saved this machine from being thrown out. It's amazing what you can do with old hardware when your OS isn't filled with bloat.
Chris well done my friend. I really like Lubuntu on my ancient machines. I installed it on a Lenovo Thinkpad R61 laptop and it flies like an eagle. I am going to do a video soon of it. Thank you for making these videos. I just subbed to your channel as I find your video quality very high. Keep up the great work. : = )
Lubuntu is amazing, I use it as my daily driver at home on a core duo HP Elite Desk with 4 gig of ram. It's super speedy. I can do so much with it. I use the 32 but version on my old netbooks like the one you showed. Single core processor and 1 or two gig of ram. I have an Asus T91 mini flip touch screen mini netbook that was made for XP that I have lubuntu on and I use it to run my X32 digital mixer works perfectly. I can watch TH-cam on it at 480. Took those old machines and made them completely useful again. I keep a live boot lubuntu stick in my pocket just for system testing. If I can boot to Linux the machine works and I can look to the hard drive for the failure. Very useful tool.
Thanks for the video Chris. I think you could get some more out of this video by showing some installs, or driver updates. The process is very important and new users need a bit of guidance when entering the Linux world. Some may have no issues but others may have things like track pad issues or wireless adapter issues and need a “step by step” on where to go and how to remedy the issue. Also, seeing you do something with the system once Linux is installed like loading some basic software (something any user would use like Libre writer) and demonstrations on performance to use as a guide would also be nice. Thanks again, Yung Lyun & Friends.
Nice to see something about Lubuntu. Always had a soft spot for that one. I run it on my Thinkpad X200s from 2008. With 8GB and an SSD, lets say it doesn´t feel aged at all.
Lubuntu is fantastic for old systems - Lubuntu 10.10 will work with VIA based graphics and chipsets. The only lacking for me is Composition which may cause issues with screen tearing, just ins tall compton and it works. One of my main go to's for system recovery, old pc's and testing.
Watched all your videos Chris, except the gaming related ones - not particularly into games :-) Keep up the great work. Many of my clients are retirees who only use their PC for web browsing, email, typing the odd letter and printing. I have many of them now using their 'obsolete' Windows XP and Windows 7 machines with Ubuntu Linux or Lubuntu for those particularly old machines. No issues. All I do is check them over every 6 months and bring them up to date. They are generally using the same applications that they were using in Microsoft Windows so the learning curve was minimal (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Skype, LibreOffice). Obviously, if someone is adamant that they have a requirement of Apple iTunes, Photoshop, Microsoft Office etc. then I skip offering Linux in their particular case.
You've paid the Windows tax if you do that though you can 'technically' get a refund for the price of the OEM Windows install. Good luck with that! I'd do it in a heartbeat because Win10 gives me explosive diarrhea and when I have to support that piece of crap for my brother or my dad it makes me want to kill everyone. In the past, installing Linux on a new laptop was a brave thing to do because of the specialist drivers required for WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. But these days it's much less risky. Do a bit of research into how Linux works with the hardware bundle that makes up the laptop you propose to buy - and don't buy an HP. Just sayin'.
"Old" means different things to different people. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 and a Dell XPS M170 running Windows ME along with a Dell Precision M6600 and M6700 dual booting Windows XP and PeppermintOS 10 Respin. I have to say that I found PeppermintOS 10 Respin easiest to poke around in, but it has opened my eyes to the Linux community. For starters, I learned that Linux is evolving just as Windows is and you can easily find that Linux has moved on from supporting the old hardware that you have, just like in Windows. A good example of that is how the R9 270's or HD 7850's with the newer distros. Sure, it will run with the open drivers with little effort, but if you want to actually utilize the gpu, you have to do some driver back tracking. This is especially true for trying to get the Vulkan drivers loaded for that card. Don't get me started on the Geforce 8800M GTS that is in my Gateway P6860FX. There still seems to be issues with that where you get the black screen with the drivers that are available for that. I have come across quite a few other issues that I had to take time and tinker with and hopefully get it working the way I want. So much that I have found myself starting my own forums now that PeppermintOS has evolved once again after the original creator died. The new team has moved from Ubuntu based to Debian and no longer supporting 32 bit. In doing so, the also removed all LXDE references... And now we are faced with new interface, new features, and new problems all over again. That means you spent all that time getting your Linux customized to the way you want it and you find yourself either waiting until the service for your specific version ends or you have to start over trying to customize a new Linux install knowing that you won't be able to customize it the same way because so many base changes have been made to the distro. Bottom line is you had better have lots of time on your hands if you want to try to move from Windows or Mac to Linux.
AntiX is also a great option, my netbook which came with win xp starter for the factory, runs great especially after i swapped the hdd for a 250gb ssd i had lying around.
I've been using Lubuntu and after switching to Debian LXDE I must say that Debian IMVHO works more smootly and takes less resouces. Intel C2Duo + 2GB RAM ;-) But for a newbie Ubuntu may be better idea ;-)))
@@LZ2SM Padawan, I find your lack of faith disturbing. Puppy is a real Linux. You can get just about anything to work if you are patient and diligent. But really, if you read the boot up messages and perhaps go through 'dmesg' it will tell you what it doesn't like and why it might spit the dummy. < from command prompt, try "sudo dmesg -H" > Linux gives you information and options if you just look for them. "Seek and ye shall find, o' padawan."
Oh,i did search.a lot.the only puppy to ever work right was 5.2.8.after that it was always xorg won't recognize my nvidia gpu,chrome wont run at all,my laptops fn shortcuts wont work,or the damn thing would never boot after i create a save file.
@@LZ2SM you are 100% correct - I've been struggling with bionicpup8 for several days in a row and dropped it completely. Brightness control does not work, volume control does not work... the list goes on. Also dual-boot install with Windows is a nightmare (full install, not dummy LICK iso tricks) - it could not even install a GRUB with properly configured list! The Mint however is doing fine.
peppermint is blazing fast indeed on a lenovo T4xx. My refurbished laptop runs since january 2019 with not a single crash, just some shutdowns and reboots to verify that it would boot in case. Daily email, web browsing, video rendering (at night), audio recording, frequently backup tasks. I love peppermint. Lubuntu: Amazing, how well some of the weak baytrail netbook run on lubuntu which otherwise would stuck with windows installed.
Pepermint and lubuntu is for me the way to go for saving a old laptops... and trust me I saved allot of laptops and made allot of parents happy for giving an old laptop to their kids in Indonesia. And somehow I introduced all of them to linux.
It would be nice to actually see the performance (eg. when viewing youtube or working with documents), especially if you were able to do a before and after.
I've successfully installed Bodhi Linux (another light weight disro) on my old 2005 computer with Celeron D 320 at 24GHz, 1 GB of DDR ram. It worked pretty good.
I have the acer one but running arch on it not ubuntu, i have tried many Ubuntu light versions and well they all lagged a bit too much for my liking, the laptop is awesome and pretty quick on the command line, i run xfce on it as a DE and it has some limitations, it freezes for a while when doing medium networking, is nice to have as a quick command line for on the go
How about this as a weekly schedule. Just some ideas. Day 1: Videos like this (teaching basics) Day 2: More useful things to do (Nextcloud) Day 3: Windows tips Day 4: Linux for enterprise (Things like email, webservers and OpenStack) Day 5: Linux weekly News (easy to produce) Day 6: Review free/paid software/product (may gain you more income. Plus easy) Day 7: Whatever you want to cover Not sure if you already have a plan like this.Just thought I would give you some categories that you could do on a weekly basis. This way you get beginners, and gradually work them off Windows whilst catering to all other levels of Linux proficiency. Capturing a larger weekly audience.
Lubuntu truly is one of the lightest and good performers of light weight distros. It's mentioned here and there but it surprises me that it's not mentioned enough, cos it's amazing.
They had a minimal XFCE build on their website but i don't know where that went. I hope they revise it because i would love to have manjaro running on basic resources, and rediced systemD baggage for quicker boot times
I have access to a few Lenovo netbooks (2009 vintage, 1gb ram) which I’ve run multiple versions of Xubuntu on. I tried out Lubuntu on one to try out and now use it as my “music library jukebox” to play music at school carnivals when I’m doing announcing duties. I also use one to play videos on loop in the staffroom window. Brilliant!
I have an Acer Aspire from 2012. It has a 1.6 gHz, dual core processor. Came with Windows 7 and did fine, but with 4GB of RAM, it needed something a bit more lightweight for everyday. I created and installed my own OS! Runs great and it’s awesome!
That's what I did with my old Asus N55SF laptop that I got in 2010 I believe. It was a great, fairly powerful laptop for that time and had Windows 7 as an operating system, but after using it for about 5 years I bought a newer laptop. I lent the old laptop, that was still a decent computer, to my sister (she had a Mac and needed Windows for something), and she held it somewhere on the shelf for a couple of years, never turning it on. A couple of months ago, my newer laptop broke down and I asked to get my old laptop back... It was a shock. I could not boot Windows 7, even hard reset didn't work. It looked like a disaster graphically too, the feeling was like it was something from the 90s. For a second there, I thought that it's all over, although the pc still had OK hardware in my opinion (i5 processor, 6GB ram - nothing special in todays standards, but not the worst either). I installed kubuntu (which works amazing, although the initial boot could be faster - there is no SSD disk) and somehow I find myself using the old laptop more often than my newer one (which is already fixed), that runs Windows 10... Actually, I'm writing this comment on it right now. Linux is a miracle.
I installed Linux Mint XFCE on my old laptop a few weeks ago. I thought XFCE as DE is lightweight enough, but it still feels heavy on my laptop for some reason. Pretty long loading times and so on. Im pretty new to the Linux world in general, just two month ago i migrated from windows to linux (pop os with kde as DE) on my main pc and even though linux can't replace my windows machine completely, i really don't want to go back fulltime windows. For my laptop i guess i will try Lubuntu. Thank you Chris!
@BlackWorm Partially gaming, yes. But since i don't game as much as before it's okay. The game i sometimes play runs pretty smooth. I tried instally Arma3 for example, it starts up, but i red a lot about people getting thrown out of the game after 15-30min due to BattleEye anticheat. Also i observed that the Arma3 installation takes up ~80gb of space as linux installation, but only 27gb as windows installation. Can't explain that to myself. It's not like i am short on disk space but why has the same game almost three times the size in linux compared to it's windows installation? Another point is Fusion360. It runs with wine, but still here and there little issues with the UI or functionality in general. FreeCAD is no option for me. I simply don't like it. Is a horrible CAD software. Same goes for Photoshop. Still have to figure out how to get this to run successfully (with good performance i mean) in wine. Or maybe i try to get used to GIMP instead.
@BlackWorm Thanks for the tip with the GMic plugin and scripts. I will take a look at it. I didn't have the time yet to take a deeper look into gimp. Also i didn't know that you can customize it so that it looks and feels like photoshop? I guess i will have to do some researches there as well. Because the GIMP UI is very...yeah... unfamiliar when you come from photoshop. Yes i followed this guide, well.. more ore less i have a friend who made an installer script for lutris based on that guide. So yeah :D i mean it works though... i can create stuff with it. but the performance is not native windows like. you can't use DX11 and i guess there could be some problems with rendering and so on (haven't test it yet). So im still thinking about GPU passthrough and just having a windows VM with those tools and bare metal performance. but i didn't figured out yet how to properly set up my multi monitors with that and how/if i can passthrough the gpu only if the VM starts and not let vfio "block" the gpu before booting into linux. overall a lot of work to be done for me and a lot to learn. especially as a newbie coming from almost 15 years of windows usage. :P
@BlackWorm Hey, thanks again for your answer. I will look into both mentioned CAD software, i hope they have a trial period or something. Yes i tried the browser version of Fusion360, but they reccommend using Chrome. I use Firefox. And the functions in the browser version are very limited still. So no real workaround :D At least i have set up GIMP to feel more like photoshop now. :P
@@rlemoyne007 The low amount of RAM shouldn't be a problem for booting Lubuntu, especially on the alternate ISOs. The CPU is 32-bit, which is supported by Lubuntu 18.04, but the CPU does not support PAE, SSE2, and NX, which is probably why these applications are buggy.
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop and then installed RetroPie on it. It's now my retro-gaming machine. By the way, you should try RetroPie Chris, it's very good.
I brought a Dell Inspiron 14 and a Lenovo Thinkpad 140e that were collecting dust in the storage back to life. The Inspiron is running Debian 10 LXDE, and the Thinkpad has Arch installed with XFCE on top of it. They both run very smooth. The vanilla Debian itself is also a very light distro. If you are a new linux user, just make sure you get the ISO of the nonfree-drivers version.
I have an old netbook that ran xp 32 bit. It had 1 gb that I enhanced to 2gb and put Lubuntu on it and I now use it when I need to carry a computer with me. Works perfectly!
With the most recent Windows updates beating down my general purpose laptop with 32 gig SSD I decided it was time to move away so I put Lubuntu on it around a week and a half ago. I've used a ton of distros over the years and this one + Xubuntu has definitely given me the least issues when it comes to revivals..... although I'm weighing upgrading to Linux Mint with Mate or at least switching LXDE to Mate..... only time will tell. Today I put Mint with Cinnamon on my desktop (keeping windows to the side) to get myself back to using Linux full time.
My Dell Inspiron 1525 (Core 2 Duo T3200@2Ghz w/ 3gb of ram) does not like any of the Ubuntu distros at all for some reason. I primarily try 32-bit distros and even Lubuntu took forever to load on it. I have Xubuntu on it now as a dual boot (with Manjaro on the other) and just runs "ok." To date, nothing runs better or loads quicker than Manjaro. MX Linux is pretty decent too but not quite as fast. Boot up time is so much faster than any Ubuntu-based distro. The problem is that the "32-bit" distro uses Xfce which Lutris doesn't like, and I am too much of a Linux noob to know how to build packages or even get retroarch/emulationstation running correctly. The main advantage that Ubuntu-based systems seem to have is the dead-simple install of retropie which is about as simple as installing from terminal can get. If I really need some snappy computing I will boot into Manjaro but I primarily use the laptop to play retro games.
I have a Dell 1525 as well and when I use "video=SVIDEO-1:d ipv6.disable=1" on the Linux command line it fires up and works fine. You need to catch the GRUB command line and remove the "splash quiet" options and substitute the "video ... ipv6 ..." options shown. Usually, it's a TAB when the GRUB menu shows, if it does. Bang on that TAB button. To make this permanent you edit "/etc/default/grub" file modifying the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" variable to "video=SVIDEO-1:d ipv6.disable=1". You probably need to run 'update-grub2' as well but it's a while since I had to do this. With this in place it runs OK. I haven't been able to get an SSD working with it as yet though I'm trying.
@@starttherebellion9146 Peppermint has ICE (Web browser Apps) and a slightly different DE which is a blend of XFCE/LXDE. Both are very lightweight and the installer is very similar as far as options but looks a bit different. Personally, I love both and really don't care which one I use.
@Peter Mortensen What are you my english teacher. If I want to be taught grammar and spelling I'll go back to school! So next time you feel the need to try to correct my spelling resist because next time I may not be as polite!
Lubuntu is the best OS. The end. You can run it on pretty much anything, and if you have a good system, you're only going to get an even quicker experience. The fact that its quick on a potato PC Is seriously impressive. I also like how basic and minimalistic it is, makes it easy to navigate.
After a recent Win 10 "Update" {yeah right} screwed up my laptop and required 3 hours to fix, I decided to take my last laptop which had Win 7 on it until the HD crashed and replace the HD with and SSD and run Linux Mint. What a huge difference. The install went super easy even finding and automatically installing my WiFi printer {which Win 10 struggled with}. Super fast, 90% of what I need to do I can do in Linux. Even Libre Office BASE which constantly crashed in Win 7 & 10, runs very well. However, I have some applications written in VB, {connected to an Access DB} which barely installed in Win 10. These programs took me years to create and perfect for my own use and I still need them. Think I will replace the HD with an SSD in my Win 10 machine and use my old Win 7 license to use which played with VB 6.0 Enterprise and Access very well. I also have a very expensive Virtual Pipe Organ software which needs Windows. So for everyday use, it will be Linux for me and Windows for those applications which do not have a Linux substitute.
while peppermint was awesome when this video launched now its even snappier and better. I have used it for about 2 months on old crappy laptop which have HDD peppermint os runs like blaze. Before it was based on ubuntu now Its based on Debian stable its awesome little distro I LOVE IT
Instead of giving up on old laptops and desktops, I install Linux and teach it. I'm trying to become a power user on Ubuntu after having learned Mandriva to that point. My mom aunt and sister will have nothing to do with Linux though. Maybe when reactos gets to stable.
Chris, I call shenanigans! You installed that in a VM. I want to see the skinned knuckles and hear the blasphemies uttered when you actually install on hardware that old and underpowered. I've done it on an Asus EeePC 701 with 512Mb RAM and 4Gb SSD and it wasn't easy until I found the right distro. Puppy Linux is the ultimate fall back position. Come on, show it for real! We want BLOOOOOOODDDD!!!!
Been running Unix based OS for over a decade. My go-to laptop is a Dell E6410 maxed to 8Gb (yes maximum - I know) with an SSD and a HDD caddy (CD drive replacement) runs Lubuntu. Sure it looks minimal - almost Windows 85 minimal... However with an SSD - boot up gives my mid priced mobile phone a second place on the speed front. Use it to run music production. It's never crashed, stable and just works. The gotcha are obviously physical issues, CPU speed, RAM (1333 speed DDR3 - not exactly bleeding edge) and the second HDD is an old physical generic drive of the 350Gb size. However, it works - does what I need and often, still astounds at what it can deal with before glitches stop the show.
I recently had to replace an HP laptop - quite a new one. The build quality was shocking, so I decided to go for an old Toshiba. I picked an A120 Pro up for £48 on Ebay. Fitted my 2TB HDD, from my dead HP, installed more RAM, and loaded it with Zorin OS 15.2 Lite. Next job is to replace the thermal paste. But it's running just fine.
Personally, I found Xubuntu was easy to switch to from WIndows 7. I was forced to when a hard disk died and needed to install something on an external drive temporarily. I have replaced various family members' Windows machines with Xubuntu and no complaints or training needed.
great video i have friends with old laptops and they ask all the time what am i going to do when windows 7 has no more security updates coming i stir them towards Linux and so far they love it the main reason that i find is they don't have to worry about their anti virus updates in Linux they can enjoy their computer and what they are doing on it.
While I am a mainstream mac user, which also has unix underlying the OS, I wanted to run Linux for fun. I set up my Lenovo T430 with i5 processor and 4 Gb memory to dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. Recently I pulled out my old Dell Optiplex 380 that I had been running Linux Mint on and put Arch LInux on it. Arch Linux is very fast on the optiplex with only duo core processor and 2 Gb memory. Of course it is not as bloated as Linux Mint since I did the base install and pacman installed KDE Plasma and Xfce DE to choose from. On the side I also have an old SGI Indigo 2 but it is pretty much outdated and more of a museum piece.
This year I installed Peppermint 9 on a 2003 Pentium 4 HT desktop running at 3.0GHz with 2x1GB of DDR (400MHz). The system had 2 IDE 40GB HDDs. I installed it with btrfs to get the raid-0 functionality, lzo compression and the better disk IO caching. The compression reduces the number of disk IOs by a factor ~2. The system was very usable, booting in 45 seconds and loading Firefox the first times in ~5 seconds. Reloading Firefox was close to instantaneous, due to the btrfs memory caching of the disk IO. I prefer Peppermint, because it is the sexy sister of Lubuntu.
I have a Atom N270 netbook with 3 gigs of ram. I'm running Xubuntu on it. It is barely usable. I did put a 128G SSD in it. ($17). If you had no other choice, it would work. It does make a pretty good snes emulator (zsnes). Chrome doesn't have a 32 bit version, so you're stuck with Firefox. This windows Vista machine was slow when it was new. It's still slow. But it does work. The SSD is probably necessary if you really wanted to do this.
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"So with that, let's jump over to the desktop. We're gonna do a fresh build of Peppermint.
*Proceeds to install into Lubuntu*
Haha, yeah oops! Either way they are pretty much the same install process and both extremely lightweight.
I wish he had shown the install on the actual machine and not a virtual box....
@@cdnron75 I have had similar issues and it wasn't the OS, it was the old wifi chipset/card. Plus in a recent usb wifi stick.
Chris, You got that right. My old Acer laptop had become so slow that it was almost unusable for about 15 minutes after it was powered on. I decided to install MX Linux 18 on it and was amazed at the difference in speed. I does take a little over a minute to boot up, but this is because of the old technology. Once it has all initialized, all of the programs start and run quickly and it runs as fast as it did when it was new. Linux really saved this machine from the Recycler.
Steve if you install it on a small ssd it will be even faster
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I just love how much faster Linux is compared to Windows
Is faster but for me Lubuntu not boot from usb.. i can't fix this.
@@patrickglaser1560
Nice humor! 👍
@@patrickglaser1560 He's new. Leave him alone with that satanism.
@LOLY 2.0 try Peppermint OS it is very similar to Lubuntu and very lightweight. You may have better luck with it if Lubuntu gives you issues.
NZgamer What distro do you use? (I use Lubuntu for fun, and Arch as my primary)
I own a 12-year-old Sony laptop on which Linux Mint 32-bit is installed and I use it for my classes. It works like a charm!
Nice! Try putting Lubuntu on it, it might be a little faster... Not that it’s necessary, just a suggestion. Mint is awesome btw!
@pavan how many gigs of your ram do you have?
Specs?
This is the video I wanted in this channel for months. Finally my wish came true.Thank You Chris 🙇🙇🙇
light weight linux on a second hand laptop that had been trashed was my start in linux
ok, go on. and then what happened?
I can remember when Windows 7 was brand new, only seems like several days ago, now it's called "pretty old".
yeah my dude,win seven,the best! still use it and still awesome!
@@lordbjesomar brother , i get that u like windows 7 but it is missing critical security packages , plz upgrade to linux im telling u
I really appreciate your videos and your support for Linux. My wife has one of the original Samsung NC-10 netbooks. For sentimental reasons, she won't get rid of it. So I've kept it looking and running like new for 12 years now. Now it runs 32-bit Tiny Linux on 2gb of Ram and a small ssd.
I've been a Unix and Linux admin since even before Linux existed. I got my first pre-zero kernel distro from my local BBS back when dinosaurs walked the earth. It took 20 floppy disks, would run about a week, then eat it's own filesystem! I'm thrilled to see how far it's come since.
Thanks again for the great videos. 😁
Hi, I have an acer laptop with Intel Celeron of 1.60Hz, 2 GB RAM, and 64 bit OS 64 based processor. I'm indicating all of these coz I don't know what's the cause for its very very very slow performance. Opening an app would take me minutes. And its frustrating. I did ask someone for help, they told me to just take this laptop to a person who can fix it. Reading your comment made me think on what if I buy and install linux? Can it change something? Thank you
You a legend walking, sir. Man among boys.
@@muzafferturhan Thank you Sir. I'm just old.
@@UtahDarkHorse wishing you a long, healthy life. May you and your loved ones prosper. I hope you pass some your wisdom around to the folks around you.
HOLY SHIT!! i have same netbook i was thinking to install Linux on it ....Thank you!!
Change the HDD for an SSD too. Thank me later. :-)
@@JmSantos78 i did but the processor is very slow :( but SSD do help
It will be completely useful again. You'll be surprised how fast it will be. I am running two Asus netbooks from that era to do actual work and they work better than when they were new with lubuntu and keep up for the most part with current every day tasks TH-cam will probably work fine at 480.
@@patthesoundguy Great to hear! But I'm curious, what do you mean by "actual work"? Can it access Onedrive spreadsheets? What about KDEN live movies? What are the limits to an older machine like this?
@@eclipsenow5431 all of the Google stuff works great as well as one drive. TH-cam up to 480 and then it chokes. KDN live is probably not going to work very well if at all on the low specs of a 10 year old net book. I will try installing it and see what happens. I can't remember if I tried it on my dual core desktop with 4 gig of ram or not. I will try that too. Here are the specs of one of the net books that I am mixing a live show with right now. ASUS Eee PC T91 Specifications:
Windows XP Home
8.9″ LED-backlit display with resistive touch panel
CPU Intel Atom Z520 (1.33GHz, 533MHz FSB)
Intel US15W chipset
Graphics: Intel GMA 950
LAN onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth V2.1
Memory 1GB (DDR2 533MHz)
Storage Total 52GB (16GB Solid State Drive + 16GB SD Card + 20GB Eee Storage)
Webcam: 0.3 Megapixel (VGA)
Media Readers: 3-in-1 MMC, SD, SDHC flash card slot and SD card expansion slot
Dimensions 225mm (W) x 164mm (D) x 25.2 ~ 28.4mm (H)
Weight 2lbs (0.96kg)
This is how I transitioned into full time Linux use. My old laptop ran like garbage with windows, got to like using linux on it so much I made the transition to my main PC.
That's because you never tried a lite version of windows
First Upgrade old laptop HDD to SSD and then install Linux....
Yeoman SSD prices are way down so it's easy to get into one. Also, buy an enclosure for your old HDD and use it to backup your files as a storage drive.
@@TennesseeFrank can you give link of Amazon for hdd enclosure
SSD with some new ram. Old machine better than new! Great post!
@@TennesseeFrank Are HDDs better for storage (long term)? Are they more robust? I have a lot of data (movies, series, books etc) that I never want to lose - currently stored on few external HDDs. I was thinking of getting external SSD drives for storage cos I read they don't have mechanical parts so are less prone to failure. Though I also read that their life is lesser than HDDs. I'm a bit confused. To give credit where credit is due though, seems like if HDDs are handled with care, they can last long and probably won't go corrupt unless someone just has shitty luck.
Save some money on buying a SSD and install Haiku instead of Linux. Runs great with ancient hardware and don't need an SSD.
I'm running Linux Mint on an old Samsung N150 netbook with 2Gb of memory and a small SSD. It runs really well. I'm using it primarily for listening to music from Spotify and audiobooks as it's dead silent so it doesn't distract me during late evening, listening sessions and works with my external, hi-fi DAC and tube headphone amp. It is almost perfect, low budget Audio Hi-Fi solution. I'm super happy :)
Why does it says it is an Intel core i5? Wasn't it an atom?
He used virtual machine i guess
Wow, nearly 8 min video and the only thing he ran was a terminal? 😮😕 Well, the terminal works fine, yes, indeed, but I think people were not fully convinced that all what he claims was true.
He used a virtual machine so he could record the install process without too much hassle. He also probably has some stuff on that device and by installing the new system he would overwrite the old system as Linux's EXT filesystem doesn't support shrinking partitions.
@@ciberiada01 i have the acer one running arch on it i can use in case i want to do something really quick like load something on to my homebrewed ps vita, it does many things very well but you also have to realize the limitations
@@GlitterGlitchy
I realise. Believe me, I do.
I've used Lubuntu for years now and *for certain tasks* it performs quite well, while with others I had to spend hours to have it working, if at all. So usually these built-in and preconfigured Windows functionalities that users take for granted, are *hard* to achieve in Linux. 😐 If a user has used Windows for years, switching to Linux will most probably be a learning curve and a *struggle* . And I don't even wanna start the subject of DEs, system configs, partitioning, s/w versions, h/w detection, etc. 😥 I mean, everybody can "produce" such a non-specific video, where every third word is "very good" and where viewers have no other way except *trusting* the presenter's statements.
I set newbies up with peppermint a lot of the time. I use the ice to lock in things like gmail! etc.. Windows users are usually pretty amazed that it never slows down. About a month later they will say when is it going to get slow? Answer its not! Great video as always!
You should try AntiX , I got it installed on an old xp workstation that used to be in an office. It had 1Gb of ram and a single core 2.66 GHz processor and it took only 150Mb of ram on boot and the CPU usage was at ~2%
This is exactly how I discovered and came to love Linux!!
I found an old Windows 7 laptop in a drawer and tried to log in, Windows was loading for about 10 minutes before it even told me I had the wrong password so I decided the machine was done for. I decided to do a clean install of Linux Mint 19 and holy cow!! This ancient machine from 2009 was nearly as fast as my < 6 month old Windows 10 computer!
Since then I've learned the command line and came to adore Linux and it is my primary OS for my personal use. Resurrecting old computers with Linux is an amazing option!
@DJSupertel94 Thanks for the reply. If I get time I'll definitely take a look into those. Linux is awesome, I've actually began studying Linux Red Hat administration since my last post, Linux is endlessly interesting
How did Linux upgrade your CPU from ATOM to i5?
When my refurbished HP 8530P Elitebook started running *slowly* on Win 10 (bootup game me enough time to grab a cup of coffee), I knew it was time for Linux. (Years ago, I installed Ubuntu on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29). Ended up installing Linux Mint XFCE after several other distros on the HP laptop, and MX Linux on the Toughbook. Both not only work, but I spend *less* time fixing errors. So thanks for this video - with hardware prices so high, Linux is a great way to extend operational life
Thanks for your video. Recently I have recovered an old Netbook and I installed MX Linux on it, 250 Mb of Ram Used, tons of soft to install, and a 32 bit support assured, contrary to Lubuntu, which apparently will be dropping 32 bits. MX Linux is based on stable Debian. Recommend, give it a try.
Exactly. My office had the original Lenovo Carbon X1 from 2012 just sitting in storage. I asked about buying it and they just gave it to me. I wiped Windows and installed UbuntuDDE. I now use it more than my 11th gen Dell XPS 13. It's a great experience.
i installed lubuntu 19.04 on my 10 year old laptop and it changed it completely. It is a ton faster than windows 10. yes i had windows 10 on it very wrong decision :(
I came to this video to say install lubuntu but you already did it.
@@mercuriete I had lubuntu for 5 weeks now and it rocks.
@BlackWorm Win10 on a machine of that vintage would have been enough to bring a strong man to tears. Been there, done that, will never do it again no matter what!
Dingo Kidneys I have honestly debate throwing my pc out of the window at times
Hey, there I need a little help. I have an 10 old netbook, Acer Aspire one. 1gb Ram, 160Gb Hdd, 1.66ghz, intel Atom.. so,it was dead. When I turned On after Ages ,the screen popped up then it stayed on a black screen with " _ " mark. Then I got to know that Os was broke. I tried installing Lubuntu with bootable USB pendrive. But, everytime it says, Base system error. I didn't find any solution in the internet, please someone help me. Or Suggest me Os which is suitable for my netbook. I want to use it for some reasons.
Only ISO, bootable through USB. Coz I'm not in a stage to buy, DVd/CD Os.
I have a 9 month old ThinkPad with Win 10. 3.3 Gigs used on the desktop with nothing else running. 8 gigs ram and an SSD.
I have a 7 year old ThinkPad e530 with 8 gigs Ram and a cheap SSD. Installed Mint Cinnamon. When I am using Chrome with multiple tabs open and running 480p TH-cam video, 2.2 gigs of Ram is being used. Wow.
I run MX Linux (32bit) on an old Samsung NC10 netbook with 1GB ram and use it mainly on travels. I can run Vivaldi & Thunderbird together... I don't even have the need to replace the HD with an SSD...
Linux mint is the way to go
Great video! I'm going to try running Lubuntu on my old Toshiba laptop that I use in my basement shop. Thanks!!!
@jtodora, let me know how it went. I have Toshiba Satellite P30. No matter what I try I cannot get ANY Linux on it. Keep getting 8254 IO APIC error. Thanks
@@johngrisham4097 I installed Lubuntu 18.04, 32-bit on my Toshiba Satellite A105, Centrino Duo Core, 32-bit, 2GB RAM last night. (My A105 is a 32-bit processor, so make sure you have the right Lubuntu). I currently have Windows 10 running on the Toshiba. It's slow, but it runs. I installed Lubuntu 18.04 in a Virtual Machine as to not destroy the Windows 10 install yet. It took 3-1/2 hours to install, but it seems to be running. The screen size is not right yet and I have not tried to install any apps yet. I'll keep the thread informed of my progress. My goal is to dump Windows 10, at least from the Toshiba.
Hi Chris, Richard from England,great channel. Linux Mint does it for me,but i have saved some old D series Dell laptops with Lubuntu.
i took your advice and tried to install it by cd on my toaster, l now have to remodel my kitchen, plus buy the wife a new toaster, will you be doing any toaster reviews
eBay--I got a several-year-old Dell Latitude with Mint installed for a little over $100 (no battery). The hard drive has crapped out, but will replace it soon. Those old Latitudes are built like tanks! It's more solid than either of my newer computers. Sometimes they do have old netbooks, probably for less than 100.
Lol I want a Linux toaster 🙃. Nice video Chris. I’d like to see what is next past the installation this is the place people tend to struggle when switching. Maybe do a trouble shooting series with real world problems people come across when switching. You’re definitely getting me inspired to boot up an old laptop and give it a go.
Agree entirely. I have an old Dell laptop that freezes for a long time when booting Linux. When you disable the splash screen and allow all the messages to display you can see that an SVideo driver is holding things up BIG TIME! So it's a matter of including 'video=SVIDEO-1:d' on the Linux command line. When it comes to that 'ipv6.disable=1' doesn't hurt either.
If you can actually see what is happening, it's really quite easy to work out what it working properly and what is causing problems within Linux.
Dude I'm thinking about using Linux.. Always was curious. Now I will learn. I just have to sort some old files nice vid man.
Use vitrtualbox first
Linux rocks for reviving old laptops. I've got a Thinkpad T60 with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo and 2GBs DDR2. It runs Manjaro XFCE on a 240GB SSD and it's blazing fast. With Windows 7 the poor thing could barely open Firefox without locking up sporadically. I just love the keyboard on this laptop and Linux essentially saved this machine from being thrown out. It's amazing what you can do with old hardware when your OS isn't filled with bloat.
Chris well done my friend. I really like Lubuntu on my ancient machines. I installed it on a Lenovo Thinkpad R61 laptop and it flies like an eagle. I am going to do a video soon of it. Thank you for making these videos. I just subbed to your channel as I find your video quality very high. Keep up the great work. : = )
Lubuntu is amazing, I use it as my daily driver at home on a core duo HP Elite Desk with 4 gig of ram. It's super speedy. I can do so much with it. I use the 32 but version on my old netbooks like the one you showed. Single core processor and 1 or two gig of ram. I have an Asus T91 mini flip touch screen mini netbook that was made for XP that I have lubuntu on and I use it to run my X32 digital mixer works perfectly. I can watch TH-cam on it at 480. Took those old machines and made them completely useful again. I keep a live boot lubuntu stick in my pocket just for system testing. If I can boot to Linux the machine works and I can look to the hard drive for the failure. Very useful tool.
Thanks for the video Chris.
I think you could get some more out of this video by showing some installs, or driver updates. The process is very important and new users need a bit of guidance when entering the Linux world. Some may have no issues but others may have things like track pad issues or wireless adapter issues and need a “step by step” on where to go and how to remedy the issue.
Also, seeing you do something with the system once Linux is installed like loading some basic software (something any user would use like Libre writer) and demonstrations on performance to use as a guide would also be nice.
Thanks again,
Yung Lyun & Friends.
Except that 32-bit versions of any Ubuntu flavor are going to be dropped in a year or two and pose security risks to users.
giving life to an old unused laptop with the right Linux distro feels so good ^^ 👌🏻
Nice to see something about Lubuntu. Always had a soft spot for that one. I run it on my Thinkpad X200s from 2008. With 8GB and an SSD, lets say it doesn´t feel aged at all.
Lubuntu is fantastic for old systems - Lubuntu 10.10 will work with VIA based graphics and chipsets. The only lacking for me is Composition which may cause issues with screen tearing, just ins tall compton and it works. One of my main go to's for system recovery, old pc's and testing.
Watched all your videos Chris, except the gaming related ones - not particularly into games :-) Keep up the great work. Many of my clients are retirees who only use their PC for web browsing, email, typing the odd letter and printing. I have many of them now using their 'obsolete' Windows XP and Windows 7 machines with Ubuntu Linux or Lubuntu for those particularly old machines. No issues. All I do is check them over every 6 months and bring them up to date. They are generally using the same applications that they were using in Microsoft Windows so the learning curve was minimal (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Skype, LibreOffice). Obviously, if someone is adamant that they have a requirement of Apple iTunes, Photoshop, Microsoft Office etc. then I skip offering Linux in their particular case.
👍🏻 Just what I needed!!
Keep going Chris!
Greetings from Netherland
One of my daughters uses my old Aspire One with the AMD C60 APU. It's a great Linux laptop for a child to use for education about Linux.
HP streams are prime candidates for lightweight linux
Yes, currently switching it to linux in this moment.
My laptop exactly! (I do have an SSD). Lubuntu is great.
Would it be wise to buy a new Laptop and install Linux on it? because I just hate windows 10 and want to avoid it.
The problem with doing this is that you probably void the warranty.
@Dubr Ovnik Yeah that would be the first thing I would ask before buying a new laptop, I would ask if it would be ok with them.
You've paid the Windows tax if you do that though you can 'technically' get a refund for the price of the OEM Windows install. Good luck with that!
I'd do it in a heartbeat because Win10 gives me explosive diarrhea and when I have to support that piece of crap for my brother or my dad it makes me want to kill everyone.
In the past, installing Linux on a new laptop was a brave thing to do because of the specialist drivers required for WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. But these days it's much less risky.
Do a bit of research into how Linux works with the hardware bundle that makes up the laptop you propose to buy - and don't buy an HP. Just sayin'.
"Old" means different things to different people. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 and a Dell XPS M170 running Windows ME along with a Dell Precision M6600 and M6700 dual booting Windows XP and PeppermintOS 10 Respin. I have to say that I found PeppermintOS 10 Respin easiest to poke around in, but it has opened my eyes to the Linux community. For starters, I learned that Linux is evolving just as Windows is and you can easily find that Linux has moved on from supporting the old hardware that you have, just like in Windows. A good example of that is how the R9 270's or HD 7850's with the newer distros. Sure, it will run with the open drivers with little effort, but if you want to actually utilize the gpu, you have to do some driver back tracking. This is especially true for trying to get the Vulkan drivers loaded for that card. Don't get me started on the Geforce 8800M GTS that is in my Gateway P6860FX. There still seems to be issues with that where you get the black screen with the drivers that are available for that. I have come across quite a few other issues that I had to take time and tinker with and hopefully get it working the way I want. So much that I have found myself starting my own forums now that PeppermintOS has evolved once again after the original creator died. The new team has moved from Ubuntu based to Debian and no longer supporting 32 bit. In doing so, the also removed all LXDE references... And now we are faced with new interface, new features, and new problems all over again. That means you spent all that time getting your Linux customized to the way you want it and you find yourself either waiting until the service for your specific version ends or you have to start over trying to customize a new Linux install knowing that you won't be able to customize it the same way because so many base changes have been made to the distro. Bottom line is you had better have lots of time on your hands if you want to try to move from Windows or Mac to Linux.
AntiX is also a great option, my netbook which came with win xp starter for the factory, runs great especially after i swapped the hdd for a 250gb ssd i had lying around.
I installed Linux on an old laptop of my daughter. Works great and it just works.
Even Lightweight versions of Linux have only 64 bit version. Only solution is MS-DOS.
I've been using Lubuntu and after switching to Debian LXDE I must say that Debian IMVHO works more smootly and takes less resouces. Intel C2Duo + 2GB RAM ;-) But for a newbie Ubuntu may be better idea ;-)))
Puppy Linux will do! So I can bring my cyborg pup with me.
HewFreBie I am yet to find a puppy linux where everything works....
@@LZ2SM Padawan, I find your lack of faith disturbing. Puppy is a real Linux. You can get just about anything to work if you are patient and diligent.
But really, if you read the boot up messages and perhaps go through 'dmesg' it will tell you what it doesn't like and why it might spit the dummy.
< from command prompt, try "sudo dmesg -H" >
Linux gives you information and options if you just look for them.
"Seek and ye shall find, o' padawan."
Oh,i did search.a lot.the only puppy to ever work right was 5.2.8.after that it was always xorg won't recognize my nvidia gpu,chrome wont run at all,my laptops fn shortcuts wont work,or the damn thing would never boot after i create a save file.
@@LZ2SM you are 100% correct - I've been struggling with bionicpup8 for several days in a row and dropped it completely. Brightness control does not work, volume control does not work... the list goes on. Also dual-boot install with Windows is a nightmare (full install, not dummy LICK iso tricks) - it could not even install a GRUB with properly configured list! The Mint however is doing fine.
peppermint is blazing fast indeed on a lenovo T4xx. My refurbished laptop runs since january 2019 with not a single crash, just some shutdowns and reboots to verify that it would boot in case. Daily email, web browsing, video rendering (at night), audio recording, frequently backup tasks. I love peppermint. Lubuntu: Amazing, how well some of the weak baytrail netbook run on lubuntu which otherwise would stuck with windows installed.
Linux mint for the win.
Pepermint and lubuntu is for me the way to go for saving a old laptops... and trust me I saved allot of laptops and made allot of parents happy for giving an old laptop to their kids in Indonesia. And somehow I introduced all of them to linux.
i5-4590s is old? Common!!
I have quadriple boot windows10,7,8.1 and manjaro on my pentium from 2013
The legendary Pentium??? socket 478-775??? So confusing how Intel reusing the old name for lower end cpu later generations.
Lol, 2013 is not old. Haiku runs on 20 years old PC's and boots in less than 20 seconds, without a ssd.
You know what ? I loved it when you showed acer aspire one 722 , that's actually my old laptop, its almost 10 years old ;)
It would be nice to actually see the performance (eg. when viewing youtube or working with documents), especially if you were able to do a before and after.
Ya
I've successfully installed Bodhi Linux (another light weight disro) on my old 2005 computer with Celeron D 320 at 24GHz, 1 GB of DDR ram. It worked pretty good.
Well I was expecting how it would perform on that netbook
I have the acer one but running arch on it not ubuntu, i have tried many Ubuntu light versions and well they all lagged a bit too much for my liking, the laptop is awesome and pretty quick on the command line, i run xfce on it as a DE and it has some limitations, it freezes for a while when doing medium networking, is nice to have as a quick command line for on the go
How about this as a weekly schedule. Just some ideas.
Day 1: Videos like this (teaching basics)
Day 2: More useful things to do (Nextcloud)
Day 3: Windows tips
Day 4: Linux for enterprise (Things like email, webservers and OpenStack)
Day 5: Linux weekly News (easy to produce)
Day 6: Review free/paid software/product (may gain you more income. Plus easy)
Day 7: Whatever you want to cover
Not sure if you already have a plan like this.Just thought I would give you some categories that you could do on a weekly basis.
This way you get beginners, and gradually work them off Windows whilst catering to all other levels of Linux proficiency. Capturing a larger weekly audience.
Lubuntu truly is one of the lightest and good performers of light weight distros. It's mentioned here and there but it surprises me that it's not mentioned enough, cos it's amazing.
Linux Lite is great. I would personally go for Manjaro XFCE because I'm a manjaro kinda gal
JessicaFEREM Linux Lite is a very underrated distro.
@@mitchelvalentino1569 I can't wait for a fully fledged manjaro minimal editions
@@JessicaFEREM I thought about some similar minimal tweaks with Manjaro like taking ideas from light distros like peppermint is and a few alike.
They had a minimal XFCE build on their website but i don't know where that went. I hope they revise it because i would love to have manjaro running on basic resources, and rediced systemD baggage for quicker boot times
Peppermint OS is amazing, have to use it again, Mint has been my go to.
I have access to a few Lenovo netbooks (2009 vintage, 1gb ram) which I’ve run multiple versions of Xubuntu on. I tried out Lubuntu on one to try out and now use it as my “music library jukebox” to play music at school carnivals when I’m doing announcing duties. I also use one to play videos on loop in the staffroom window. Brilliant!
I have an Acer Aspire from 2012. It has a 1.6 gHz, dual core processor. Came with Windows 7 and did fine, but with 4GB of RAM, it needed something a bit more lightweight for everyday. I created and installed my own OS! Runs great and it’s awesome!
That's what I did with my old Asus N55SF laptop that I got in 2010 I believe. It was a great, fairly powerful laptop for that time and had Windows 7 as an operating system, but after using it for about 5 years I bought a newer laptop. I lent the old laptop, that was still a decent computer, to my sister (she had a Mac and needed Windows for something), and she held it somewhere on the shelf for a couple of years, never turning it on. A couple of months ago, my newer laptop broke down and I asked to get my old laptop back... It was a shock. I could not boot Windows 7, even hard reset didn't work. It looked like a disaster graphically too, the feeling was like it was something from the 90s. For a second there, I thought that it's all over, although the pc still had OK hardware in my opinion (i5 processor, 6GB ram - nothing special in todays standards, but not the worst either). I installed kubuntu (which works amazing, although the initial boot could be faster - there is no SSD disk) and somehow I find myself using the old laptop more often than my newer one (which is already fixed), that runs Windows 10... Actually, I'm writing this comment on it right now. Linux is a miracle.
I installed Linux Mint XFCE on my old laptop a few weeks ago. I thought XFCE as DE is lightweight enough, but it still feels heavy on my laptop for some reason. Pretty long loading times and so on. Im pretty new to the Linux world in general, just two month ago i migrated from windows to linux (pop os with kde as DE) on my main pc and even though linux can't replace my windows machine completely, i really don't want to go back fulltime windows. For my laptop i guess i will try Lubuntu. Thank you Chris!
@BlackWorm Partially gaming, yes. But since i don't game as much as before it's okay. The game i sometimes play runs pretty smooth. I tried instally Arma3 for example, it starts up, but i red a lot about people getting thrown out of the game after 15-30min due to BattleEye anticheat. Also i observed that the Arma3 installation takes up ~80gb of space as linux installation, but only 27gb as windows installation. Can't explain that to myself. It's not like i am short on disk space but why has the same game almost three times the size in linux compared to it's windows installation?
Another point is Fusion360. It runs with wine, but still here and there little issues with the UI or functionality in general. FreeCAD is no option for me. I simply don't like it. Is a horrible CAD software. Same goes for Photoshop. Still have to figure out how to get this to run successfully (with good performance i mean) in wine. Or maybe i try to get used to GIMP instead.
@BlackWorm Thanks for the tip with the GMic plugin and scripts. I will take a look at it. I didn't have the time yet to take a deeper look into gimp. Also i didn't know that you can customize it so that it looks and feels like photoshop? I guess i will have to do some researches there as well. Because the GIMP UI is very...yeah... unfamiliar when you come from photoshop.
Yes i followed this guide, well.. more ore less i have a friend who made an installer script for lutris based on that guide. So yeah :D i mean it works though... i can create stuff with it. but the performance is not native windows like. you can't use DX11 and i guess there could be some problems with rendering and so on (haven't test it yet). So im still thinking about GPU passthrough and just having a windows VM with those tools and bare metal performance. but i didn't figured out yet how to properly set up my multi monitors with that and how/if i can passthrough the gpu only if the VM starts and not let vfio "block" the gpu before booting into linux. overall a lot of work to be done for me and a lot to learn. especially as a newbie coming from almost 15 years of windows usage. :P
@BlackWorm Hey, thanks again for your answer. I will look into both mentioned CAD software, i hope they have a trial period or something. Yes i tried the browser version of Fusion360, but they reccommend using Chrome. I use Firefox. And the functions in the browser version are very limited still. So no real workaround :D At least i have set up GIMP to feel more like photoshop now. :P
Im late to this video but man! I did this to an Old 2013 laptop and BOOM Im rocking it again :) Thanks for the video
For the lighter Linux distros, Lubuntu is one of my favorites.
I used it and then switched to Manjaro xfce on my netbook.... Just a bit more polished out of the box for me.
Rupert C i prefer bare installs on old machines
It just won't install on a dell c610 768MB RAM, 1GHz processor, 15GB disk. The thing is full of bugs and firefox keeps crashing.
@@rlemoyne007 The low amount of RAM shouldn't be a problem for booting Lubuntu, especially on the alternate ISOs. The CPU is 32-bit, which is supported by Lubuntu 18.04, but the CPU does not support PAE, SSE2, and NX, which is probably why these applications are buggy.
@@Poire33 , I downloaded the i386 version of Lubuntu. I installed the old seamonkey web browser 2.4 and it ran. It seems some packages are not i386.
thank you now i can watch your videos on my 400usd toaster! Just perfect
I have an AMD E1-1200 APU laptop with 4gb ram , which ubuntu based distro is the most appropriate in your opinion?
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop and then installed RetroPie on it. It's now my retro-gaming machine. By the way, you should try RetroPie Chris, it's very good.
Nice I did the same with an old Vista laptop I have 👍🏻
I used antiX Linux it's pretty cool 😎
@@itzamedave6242 antiX rocks!
@@anlonburke2885 it's definitely better than any windows LOL
I brought a Dell Inspiron 14 and a Lenovo Thinkpad 140e that were collecting dust in the storage back to life. The Inspiron is running Debian 10 LXDE, and the Thinkpad has Arch installed with XFCE on top of it. They both run very smooth. The vanilla Debian itself is also a very light distro. If you are a new linux user, just make sure you get the ISO of the nonfree-drivers version.
I have an old netbook that ran xp 32 bit. It had 1 gb that I enhanced to 2gb and put Lubuntu on it and I now use it when I need to carry a computer with me. Works perfectly!
Wait a minute, is it lubuntu.NET or lubuntu.ME? Which one is the real lubuntu download site? Great video! Keep it up!
With the most recent Windows updates beating down my general purpose laptop with 32 gig SSD I decided it was time to move away so I put Lubuntu on it around a week and a half ago. I've used a ton of distros over the years and this one + Xubuntu has definitely given me the least issues when it comes to revivals..... although I'm weighing upgrading to Linux Mint with Mate or at least switching LXDE to Mate..... only time will tell. Today I put Mint with Cinnamon on my desktop (keeping windows to the side) to get myself back to using Linux full time.
My Dell Inspiron 1525 (Core 2 Duo T3200@2Ghz w/ 3gb of ram) does not like any of the Ubuntu distros at all for some reason. I primarily try 32-bit distros and even Lubuntu took forever to load on it. I have Xubuntu on it now as a dual boot (with Manjaro on the other) and just runs "ok." To date, nothing runs better or loads quicker than Manjaro. MX Linux is pretty decent too but not quite as fast. Boot up time is so much faster than any Ubuntu-based distro. The problem is that the "32-bit" distro uses Xfce which Lutris doesn't like, and I am too much of a Linux noob to know how to build packages or even get retroarch/emulationstation running correctly. The main advantage that Ubuntu-based systems seem to have is the dead-simple install of retropie which is about as simple as installing from terminal can get. If I really need some snappy computing I will boot into Manjaro but I primarily use the laptop to play retro games.
I have a Dell 1525 as well and when I use "video=SVIDEO-1:d ipv6.disable=1" on the Linux command line it fires up and works fine. You need to catch the GRUB command line and remove the "splash quiet" options and substitute the "video ... ipv6 ..." options shown. Usually, it's a TAB when the GRUB menu shows, if it does. Bang on that TAB button.
To make this permanent you edit "/etc/default/grub" file modifying the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" variable to "video=SVIDEO-1:d ipv6.disable=1".
You probably need to run 'update-grub2' as well but it's a while since I had to do this.
With this in place it runs OK. I haven't been able to get an SSD working with it as yet though I'm trying.
You installed Lubuntu, but kept saying peppermint? Other then that it was great
Both are around the same footprint and install process. If one doesn't work for you, try the other!
@@starttherebellion9146 following.
@@starttherebellion9146 Peppermint has ICE (Web browser Apps) and a slightly different DE which is a blend of XFCE/LXDE. Both are very lightweight and the installer is very similar as far as options but looks a bit different. Personally, I love both and really don't care which one I use.
@@ChrisTitusTech - Thank you for the reply.
@Peter Mortensen What are you my english teacher. If I want to be taught grammar and spelling I'll go back to school! So next time you feel the need to try to correct my spelling resist because next time I may not be as polite!
I thought you're going to install linux on Acer One, since you showed it. I know it will run fast on i5, but how it will run on Atom processor?
Lubuntu is the best OS. The end. You can run it on pretty much anything, and if you have a good system, you're only going to get an even quicker experience. The fact that its quick on a potato PC Is seriously impressive. I also like how basic and minimalistic it is, makes it easy to navigate.
That's why Lubuntu is the best Linux distro I ever used as a dual boot. It runs smoothly and make it easy for me to multi task
After a recent Win 10 "Update" {yeah right} screwed up my laptop and required 3 hours to fix, I decided to take my last laptop which had Win 7 on it until the HD crashed and replace the HD with and SSD and run Linux Mint.
What a huge difference. The install went super easy even finding and automatically installing my WiFi printer {which Win 10 struggled with}.
Super fast, 90% of what I need to do I can do in Linux. Even Libre Office BASE which constantly crashed in Win 7 & 10, runs very well.
However, I have some applications written in VB, {connected to an Access DB} which barely installed in Win 10. These programs took me years to create and perfect for my own use and I still need them. Think I will replace the HD with an SSD in my Win 10 machine and use my old Win 7 license to use which played with VB 6.0 Enterprise and Access very well. I also have a very expensive Virtual Pipe Organ software which needs Windows.
So for everyday use, it will be Linux for me and Windows for those applications which do not have a Linux substitute.
My 10 years old laptop use Debian9 with XFCE and run really fine. But I have installed a small SSD drive. This help a lot !
while peppermint was awesome when this video launched now its even snappier and better. I have used it for about 2 months on old crappy laptop which have HDD peppermint os runs like blaze. Before it was based on ubuntu now Its based on Debian stable its awesome little distro I LOVE IT
Instead of giving up on old laptops and desktops, I install Linux and teach it. I'm trying to become a power user on Ubuntu after having learned Mandriva to that point.
My mom aunt and sister will have nothing to do with Linux though. Maybe when reactos gets to stable.
I also refurbish old pcs with linux and sell them.
Chris, I call shenanigans! You installed that in a VM. I want to see the skinned knuckles and hear the blasphemies uttered when you actually install on hardware that old and underpowered. I've done it on an Asus EeePC 701 with 512Mb RAM and 4Gb SSD and it wasn't easy until I found the right distro. Puppy Linux is the ultimate fall back position.
Come on, show it for real! We want BLOOOOOOODDDD!!!!
I SAW THE OTHER SIDE, WITH A SINGLE GB OF RAM AND SSD IT TOOK ME COUPLE DENTS IN THE TABLE AFTER CRASHING COUNTLESS TIMES
Been running Unix based OS for over a decade. My go-to laptop is a Dell E6410 maxed to 8Gb (yes maximum - I know) with an SSD and a HDD caddy (CD drive replacement) runs Lubuntu.
Sure it looks minimal - almost Windows 85 minimal...
However with an SSD - boot up gives my mid priced mobile phone a second place on the speed front.
Use it to run music production.
It's never crashed, stable and just works.
The gotcha are obviously physical issues, CPU speed, RAM (1333 speed DDR3 - not exactly bleeding edge) and the second HDD is an old physical generic drive of the 350Gb size.
However, it works - does what I need and often, still astounds at what it can deal with before glitches stop the show.
Ubuntu runs great on my laptop! My specs are:
CPU: AMD A-6 7310 with Radeon R4 Graphics
Ram: 4 gb
Storage type:HDD
Old laptop. 4GB of RAM ??? That's not old.
I recently had to replace an HP laptop - quite a new one. The build quality was shocking, so I decided to go for an old Toshiba. I picked an A120 Pro up for £48 on Ebay. Fitted my 2TB HDD, from my dead HP, installed more RAM, and loaded it with Zorin OS 15.2 Lite. Next job is to replace the thermal paste. But it's running just fine.
A video about Web Browsers would be good. Which one would you suggest and why?
Try Pale Moon
For me win xp for old laptop, runs very good
win xp's interface makes my eyes bleed
lol, why don't you leave the poor Windows XP buried where it should be :P
Why? It's works, its like retro pc for me, for old games
I agree, but its retro pc for old games, not for banking :) but web browser still works !(Firefox 2018version) :)
Personally, I found Xubuntu was easy to switch to from WIndows 7. I was forced to when a hard disk died and needed to install something on an external drive temporarily. I have replaced various family members' Windows machines with Xubuntu and no complaints or training needed.
*Yes but I tried to bring back my old taster and kettle to life......still working on it ...😐😐😐*
great video i have friends with old laptops and they ask all the time what am i going to do when windows 7 has no more security updates coming i stir them towards Linux and so far they love it the main reason that i find is they don't have to worry about their anti virus updates in Linux they can enjoy their computer and what they are doing on it.
is arch linux good too for old laptops
While I am a mainstream mac user, which also has unix underlying the OS, I wanted to run Linux for fun. I set up my Lenovo T430 with i5 processor and 4 Gb memory to dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. Recently I pulled out my old Dell Optiplex 380 that I had been running Linux Mint on and put Arch LInux on it. Arch Linux is very fast on the optiplex with only duo core processor and 2 Gb memory. Of course it is not as bloated as Linux Mint since I did the base install and pacman installed KDE Plasma and Xfce DE to choose from. On the side I also have an old SGI Indigo 2 but it is pretty much outdated and more of a museum piece.
Nice!
This year I installed Peppermint 9 on a 2003 Pentium 4 HT desktop running at 3.0GHz with 2x1GB of DDR (400MHz). The system had 2 IDE 40GB HDDs. I installed it with btrfs to get the raid-0 functionality, lzo compression and the better disk IO caching. The compression reduces the number of disk IOs by a factor ~2.
The system was very usable, booting in 45 seconds and loading Firefox the first times in ~5 seconds. Reloading Firefox was close to instantaneous, due to the btrfs memory caching of the disk IO.
I prefer Peppermint, because it is the sexy sister of Lubuntu.
I have a Atom N270 netbook with 3 gigs of ram. I'm running Xubuntu on it. It is barely usable. I did put a 128G SSD in it. ($17). If you had no other choice, it would work. It does make a pretty good snes emulator (zsnes). Chrome doesn't have a 32 bit version, so you're stuck with Firefox.
This windows Vista machine was slow when it was new. It's still slow. But it does work. The SSD is probably necessary if you really wanted to do this.
i5 is old old to you? I only have core duo lol
core duo ? is old i only have Pentium M Dothan
@@AvArIeNmArKu4 I got a nice i5 set up now. Running at like 4.3ghz