I would like to try Linux but we are both over 70 and I cannot teach my partner something I do not understand myself. With that in mind I have an old Aspire notebook which I no longer use and would like to clean install some sort of distro for novice users who are used to only windows. Obviously this machine has a very small capacity:
Motherboard: Atom Host Bridge NM10/02
Graphics: Media Accelerator 3150 (1024 x 60)
Hard Drive: 149 GB
Ram: 1024 MB
Chip: Intel Atom N450 - 1.66 GHz
Was running on Windows 7 Home Starter 32 Bit
Any recommendations would be gratefully received!!!
Despite of Linux being very efficient with resources, you cannot expect miracles. You won’t get the sleek performance of a modern computer.
For starters, I would recommend you to watch the following video by a wonderful English gentleman:
Perhaps you can try out some of the options he presents and tell us about your experience. Obviously, you’re always kindly invited to ask any questions arising in the process and during use.
I’m a long-time Windows user and have found Linux Mint to be a great introductory distro. The GUI is very Windows-like and even has a “Start” button.
If that PC could run Windows 7, I should think it could handle Linux Mint, perhaps using the Xfce edition for better performance. The minimum system requirements look quite similar.
Linux Lite may well be a better choice. He could try both.
I’m a Linux neophyte myself, having installed my first version of Linux (Mint Cinnamon) on an older PC three weeks ago.
