parents gave me this old acer aspire one laptop. I don't

its pure junk, but maybe a bsd with an 80s tier x11 window manager could be not very slow.

>>62123142
I installed fedora on my shit-top with ~512MB of RAM

not much you can really do with it besides play pre XP era games
i use my Thinkpad T42 for example to play Empire Earth and SWAT 3

>>62123142
Wow, did they pay for that? If they won't return it then threaten to run away and join an Amish community.

Use it as home server with centos/Ubuntu server

>>62123142
Install crunchbang++ or whatever it's called now and use as a torrent box.

>>62123142
You could do Debian with a light desktop such as LXDE, Enlightenment, or light-weight WM.

Or you could try the same but on those lean *BSD platforms, but I suppose BSD isn't for beginners.


Laptop isn't junk, but I wouldn't expect a luxurious and fully-featured experience. It might be really nifty for word-processing, older games, slow) web-browsing, maybe a file server or something. Maybe even light webbrowsing depending on the potency of that CPU.

>>62123212
This, or install some lightweight *buntu variant, Audacity and use it as recorder using the line in or fill the hdd with mp3 hook it up to your stereo.
I had a similar one and used it to record local shows from the mixing desk and/or DJ without worring if someone spilled beer on it

>>62123250
I'd suggest a puppy variant

>>62123212
>crunchbang++
what's that, an OS?

>>62123321
ya, crunchbang was a debian + openbox distro, it's defucnt now but still lives on in a few forms, such as what he mentioned or archbang/pacbang

>>62123198
it wasn't a gift. It was just gathering dust in a closet and they asked me if I wanted it.
>>62123212
whats a torrent box

>>62123282
Recording shows with a laptop?? Wtf

>>62123465
since you are new, let me help you
>basic rule of /g/:
>don't ask things you can find with a simple search in google, take the time to search for yourself first and if you can't find anything then ask

>>62123142
install linux then throw it in the garbage

>>62123142
Install Lubuntu or another lightweight Debian variant like DebianDog. Use it as a hobby PC or something. I have an Inspiron E1505 I use for this very purpose.

>>62123250
This is the right answer. I've a similar acer and installed debian with xfce. Shit is so cash.

>>62123659

Thanks for the comment, Gaylord. I'll make sure to reference this comment in the future. Faggot.

Debian with i3 (tilling window manager but super easy to pick up).

>>62123142
these old acer aspires can upgrade to 2GB
and a SSD.
but the CPU is balls on anything.

you could run windows 2000 it uses less resoures than xp