Which version of Puppy for my desktop?
Posted: Wed 10 Jun 2020, 23:48
Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about CryptoTab browser and someone in the comments told me that I should be using Puppy Linux instead of Windows 10 on my super old ass desktop computer. Because apparently, because my hardware is so old, windows 10 would only slow things down even further.
So over the past few days I have made a few efforts at changing my desktop from windows 10 to some type of Puppy. The last time I tried, it took me about an hour to finally get the Raspian Buster armhf 32-bit Raspup 8.2.0 version up and booted from the BIOS menu.
When this happened I finally started to become optimistic. Until about 30 seconds later when it gave me some sort of error saying that my computer didn't have enough memory to decompress the file - or something like that.
I think it was going to like run Puppy over-top of my Windows 10 system which might have caused this error? Honestly I'm not entirely sure so that is why I am here.
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Can anyone tell me which Puppy build I should install that will be the most minimalistic in terms of the only things I really need it for would be to run the internet 24/7.
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Like I mentioned, I hardly have any technical knowledge which of course makes this a little more difficult for me, which is why I am here seeking some help. I have done a little bit of linux before setting up a raspberry pi 4, and a VPS on Vultr. Other than those specifics, I hardly know shit lol.
These are the specs of my old desktop if this is necessary:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz
Installed RAM: 6.00 GB
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Thank you thank you and I am sorry if this has been answered somewhere else, I hardly even know what to look for to be honest lol.
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about CryptoTab browser and someone in the comments told me that I should be using Puppy Linux instead of Windows 10 on my super old ass desktop computer. Because apparently, because my hardware is so old, windows 10 would only slow things down even further.
So over the past few days I have made a few efforts at changing my desktop from windows 10 to some type of Puppy. The last time I tried, it took me about an hour to finally get the Raspian Buster armhf 32-bit Raspup 8.2.0 version up and booted from the BIOS menu.
When this happened I finally started to become optimistic. Until about 30 seconds later when it gave me some sort of error saying that my computer didn't have enough memory to decompress the file - or something like that.
I think it was going to like run Puppy over-top of my Windows 10 system which might have caused this error? Honestly I'm not entirely sure so that is why I am here.
*********
Can anyone tell me which Puppy build I should install that will be the most minimalistic in terms of the only things I really need it for would be to run the internet 24/7.
*********
Like I mentioned, I hardly have any technical knowledge which of course makes this a little more difficult for me, which is why I am here seeking some help. I have done a little bit of linux before setting up a raspberry pi 4, and a VPS on Vultr. Other than those specifics, I hardly know shit lol.
These are the specs of my old desktop if this is necessary:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz
Installed RAM: 6.00 GB
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Thank you thank you and I am sorry if this has been answered somewhere else, I hardly even know what to look for to be honest lol.