I try to put an old Dell 32 bit desktop to work. There are a lot of Linux distros, but very few for 32 -bit. After trying some 32 bit Linux distros, I give up the approach. Those 32 bit distros are hard to install and not user-friendly (due to their old age, perhaps). Last night, I come across some information about Android for desktop. I give it a try. After running with all android 32 bit OSs, I don't have any luck so far. The furthest I get is android-x86. I get it installed. It doesn't work, however.

Here are some I have tried:

Phoenix OS - I can't find its ISO file specified for 32 bit. The one I got doesn't run at all. I guess it is for 64 bit
Chrome OS - the same as the above
Prime OS - The installation screen shows up, but I can't select any of the menu items to run the live version or install it
Bliss OS - no longer to make 32 -bit

(I select those OSs based on articles like this one https://quickfever.com/android-os-fo...ome-os-android)

Please share your experience if you have installed an Android 32 bit OS successfully.

What is the model number and how much RAM is installed in the computer?

Android x86 is not a fully compatible OS with all 32 bit PCs. It has only been tested with a few desktops and tablets and you are better off with using a real 32 bit distribution.

What distribution have you tried? Without knowing the specs of the computer it is difficult to say which distribution would be better suited for your PC.

Thanks MichaelK. I add the information to my original post.

What is the model number of your Dell desktop?

Some 32 bit distros -

AntiX - http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/isos/...inal/antiX-19/

Raspberry Desktop for PC - https://www.raspberrypi.org/software...ry-pi-desktop/

MX Linux - https://mxlinux.org/download-links/

Tiny Core - http://www.tinycorelinux.net/

..& if you are adventurous ( ) Slackware - http://www.slackware.com/getslack/

(There are others, but one of these should sort you out OK.)

It is Dell Dimension 4600.

Thanks for your info. I have another look at 32 bit Linux distros. This article https://itsfoss.com/32-bit-linux-distributions/ gives a list of 32-bit distros. It mentions a couple of the above. I will try one or two of them. I got a recommendation of Slackware on this site a few months ago. If my memory is correct, I run into some troubles with the dual OS setup.

And how much memory? 512MB will limit the possibilities.

It has 3GB memory.

From what I had read the max is 2GB. You should not have problems installing antix.

I haven't experienced any problems due to hardware limitations to install a Linux distro. I guess that the Android desktop route isn't reality. I run the live Emmabuntüs on the desktop a few hours ago. It was slow and WiFi wasn't working.

Before 32 bit browser support was being dropped.

I installed and ran android 32 bit os on my clamshell 32 atom touchscreen netbook.

Now. AntiX pretty much stays on it.

when you do a live run. You can post in this thread the output of inxi

A few of you mention Antix. Why not MX Linux which is based on Antix? Antix uses less resources, I guess.

AntiX uses window managers, so less resources needed, MX uses XFCE desktop environment, & has more programs included from the start; lots of the people involved work on both distros, they are closely related.

According to distrowatch.com, MX Linux is the most downloaded distro and the download number of Antix is one-sixth of MX. Less number of applications can make such a big difference.

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