That's similar to this computer and it's never going to be fast! The original AntiX (not the MX version) is about the lightest thing you're going to get with pre-installed packages (or without, for that matter).

As far as the internet is concerned, Firefox will be too slow whatever you use it with. I use Opera, and Midori should be faster still. For sites like newspapers, with a lot of odd bits and pieces, I still turn off javascript.

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The best thing you can do to improve performance on that machine is to max out the RAM to as much as it can hold.

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Hi,

Welcome to LQ!
Maybe this sticky will be of help; Newbie alert: 50 Open Source Replacements for Windows XP

I too suggest that you max out the RAM if possible.
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

I have a Pentium 4 2.6GHz with 2GB RAM, and it runs full-fledged Slackware with KDE just fine. So I don't think you need to worry too much about the speed, maybe just overheating. Is this a laptop?
As far as I know, the first P4 3.06GHz was hyper-threaded, so my processor is only the stepping after yours and as you can see, lower frequency. So I think even more hearty distros would work on your computer if you can keep the temperature down.

A fellow AntiX member from Brazil with the same problem as you liked my suggestion as a cheap fix to overcome this.

http://www.east2eden.co.uk/uploads/i...nused/2183.jpg

On a laptop just place it under the bottom between desk and laptop base. On a Desktop just lay it or secure it
inside. Change it out every day. He said this year is brutal for heat in Brazil.

I live in 115F heat conditions myself in the desert. +1 suggestion from me for AntiX 15 32 bit Killah on that box with Debian stable repos enabled.
If you installed and already ran MX-14 like you said. A AntiX install steps is just the same as it uses the same installer.

Replace the thermal compound?

I've done it on a Panasonic Cf-48 and changed the cpu from a P3 to a P4 while I was at it. It made a world of difference in temperature readouts in sensors command and acpi -t commands. On that laptop.
The thermal compound (cpu paste) had the consistency of dried cement
because of the old age of the laptop. The new artic silver paste I put
on after watching many youtube videos fixed that problem.

But for some folks. It is not a easy peasy thing to accomplish.
So I leave off mentioning it. Not wanting them to break their computer on my advise.

I like to tinker. I cannot assume others do.

Especially with mega threads like this going on.

No amount of SW tinkering is going to over come that, I mean I guess he could manually edit clocks or install TLP the throttle the processor back but it's a P4 current atoms would smoke it.