[SOLVED] what distro is suitable for Compaq Presario CQ50-107NR Notebook with AMD Athlon Dual-core QL60 1.90 GHz 2.0 Gb Memory, 32-bit
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what distro is suitable for Compaq Presario CQ50-107NR Notebook with AMD Athlon Dual-core QL60 1.90 GHz 2.0 Gb Memory, 32-bit
What Linux distro is suitable for Compaq Presario CQ50-107NR Notebook with AMD Athlon Dual-core QL60 1.90 GHz? Memory is 2.0 Gb, It's a 32-bit machine.
My particular concern is the speed of the Athlon processor chip.
I was thinking of running Lubuntu 16.10 from a USB stick. But I don't understand the posted chip-speed requirements.
They say "The minimum specification for CPU is Pentium 4 or Pentium M or AMD K8. Older processors are too slow and the AMD K7 has problems with Flash video."
How do I know my chip meets that requirement?
Thanks
Last edited by junco; 01-13-2017 at 05:19 PM.
Reason: Clarity
Run a live session run. Then you will have personal experience on what is best for you. I see no problem with trying lubuntu in a live USB run,
Great - just wanted to make sure I wouldn't blow up my computer. And notebookcheck.com implies my chip is probably suitable. Now just to live long enough for the download.
Thanks
What Linux distro is suitable for Compaq Presario CQ50-107NR Notebook with AMD Athlon Dual-core QL60 1.90 GHz? Memory is 2.0 Gb, It's a 32-bit machine.
It might run a 32-bit OS, but it's a 64-bit system, the the Athlon 64 X2 QL60 is a 64-bit processor
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My particular concern is the speed of the Athlon processor chip.
I was thinking of running Lubuntu 16.10 from a USB stick. But I don't understand the posted chip-speed requirements.
They say "The minimum specification for CPU is Pentium 4 or Pentium M or AMD K8. Older processors are too slow and the AMD K7 has problems with Flash video."
How do I know my chip meets that requirement?
Thanks
K7 is the original Athlon-Athlon XP. You have a K8-based processor.
If you're new... starting with anything that ends in *buntu is pretty smart, IMO. Also, as mentioned... you have a 64bit CPU. Honestly though, since you're not running more than 3.5gigs of RAM.. It probably won't make much difference w/ that cpu whether you run 32 or 64bit.
Lubuntu should run pretty well on that machine.
Last edited by IndyGunFreak; 01-13-2017 at 09:34 PM.
after surviving the wait on that. To pre-identify gremlins from a corrupted iso download.
You better live long enough to do a md5sum check of your downloaded Lubuntu iso to keep from feeling newbie grief later on. Because something could have gone wrong during the download process.
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what distro is suitable for Compaq Presario CQ50-107NR Notebook with AMD Athlon Dual-core QL60 1.90 GHz 2.0 Gb Memory, 32-bit
Is my chip too lame?
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