I'm looking for a Linux distribution that will support this CPU and NVidia Gforce 8400 graphics card.

Thanks.

Puppy, if you want something cool, lightweight and easy to use at the same time.

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Hi Tyro65,

I'm not sure what experience you have with Linux that may make a difference. My top two would be Debian and Slackware. Debian being the easiest and Slackware requiring more elbow grease, but I feel it's a very good distro. That's just personal preference. Your Gforce should be supported, and your processor should be as well so long as the distro you choose has a 32bit version. There are many more options besides those two.

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You're right, Mitt Green. I've tried Puppy on it before and it worked well. I may go back to it.

I've tried Slax, Javpr, but I should try other releases of Slackware. Thanks for the reminder about it.

I wish that PCLinuxOS had a 32-bit version. The old versions ran well on my old machine.

Actually Gnewsense runs quite well on it, but I prefer a Linux that uses non-free repositories.

Tyro65,

antiX 32 bit should fit the bill:

http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/201...ith-antix.html

http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?tit...Page#Downloads

Hi Tyro65...

If you have at least 2 GB's of memory, Lubuntu might be a good choice.

Regards...

Like a lot of the smaller manpower distro's, they decided they simply didn't have enough people to keep producing both a 32-bit and 64-bit for the few users that were out there still using 32-bit. I know I've seen several people who miss the 32-bit version.

Darn. This machine has only 1.5GB of RAM, but I will try Antix tonight. Thanks, people.


Stan

slackware and run the xfce4 desk top or flux box it has 6 desk tops. It will run very nice in slackware current in flux box.

You're welcome

This computer has a 32-bit Sempron and no graphics card. It's happy with Mate and Xfce distros. I'm using CentOS 6, but I'd be happy with AntiX MX or Salix.

It is a shame about PCLinuxOS, but perhaps the reason that they're still going strong where others have fallen by the wayside is that they've never tried to be jack of all trades. They aim at the average home user, and I don't think the AHU tends to be an old computer preservationist like us!

A key selection factor is SSE2. Some distros require it for 32-bit (Void), while some do not (Manjaro/Arch).

I got Manjaro OpenRC working splendidly on older AMD CPUs like yours with worse video cards. For stress testing I streamed 720p vids. Turns out 1080p was too much but 720p worked well. It's amazing what old hardware can do! Just use lots of tmpfs in your /etc/fstab and be sure to max out motherboard RAM. Old memory is cheap. You will be best served by SSD disks on older machines. Use ext4 without a journal. Openbox all the way.

Thanks, MrPractical. I'll give them a try.