A Linux distro suitable for an old laptop

[Daniel_Phillips]

@kovacslt

(Another question wether ACPI functions will work? Such as controlling backlight, properly switch off, etc.)

Yes, and I doubt any Linux will support the onboard GPU.

[kovacslt (László Kovács)]

I had sucess with a much older laptop.

Revitalizing a really(!) ancient machine

I helped a friend here to get started on the way towards Linux, and his old, but still usable Laptop got a 32 bit Linux Mint 19.3 XFCE. He was amazed how well this system performed on his old laptop. He gave me his very first ancient laptop just to see if I can put Linux onto it too? It’s a HP pavilion ze4200, AMD Athlon XP2200+ (mobile) and having 512MB RAM. Originally Windows XP was installed, booting in several minutes, I’d say it was unbearable… This laptop has no real use today, so there…

[Luis_Cardoso]

I’ve been reading the replies and i’ve reach a decision.It comes down with 2 distros:

• AntiX 22 “Full” and Bodhi 7.0.0 “standard”.
  Other distros like MX 21/23 linux are simply too demanding for a laptop,like my own.
  I just wanna thank everyone for shedding a light on this issue.
  Bye.

[callpaul.eu (Paul)]

Given your requirements just simple stuff then lubuntu may be a better bet as its just install and use but can be difficult to install applications on although the newer version has access to the same repository as ubuntu now.

[Daniel_Phillips]

@Harry_Potter
pentium 4 is not a linux distro it is a very old intel cpu type.