I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm
travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu
netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to
something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS....
The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work,
not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270
CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading
the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size.
Opinions (please, no flame wars), just what will be most responsive on a
machine this small?
mark
On 06/05/2017 09:31 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm > travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu > netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to > something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS.... > > The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work, > not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270 > CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading > the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size. > > Opinions (please, no flame wars), just what will be most responsive on a > machine this small?1 GB RAM is the minimal to install/run CentOS-7, so that will run. You will have to try it to decide if it meets your requirements of usability. I was using CentOS-7 on one of these with 2GB RAM, it worked OK: https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/dell-inspiron-11-3000 I have since upgraded that machine to 8GB of RAM .. because I could .. but I used it for a couple years at 2 GB w/ CentOS-7. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170605/54a4d3ee/attachment-0001.sig>
On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 10:31:10AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm > travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu > netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to > something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS.... > > The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work, > not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270 > CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading > the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size. > > Opinions (please, no flame wars), just what will be most responsive on a > machine this small?I think the Atom N270 is a 32-bit processor, no? that means either no C7, or you will have to use the unofficial 32-bit build, and I don't know if it is being kept up to date. also, 3rd-party repositories (epel, et al) aren't offering 32-bit packages for C7, either, so if you depend on any of them for packages you really care about (e.g., I can't use gnome-3.x, I use epel's Mate Desktop packages) you'll be stuck. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -------------------------- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) --------------------------------
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 10:31:10AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm > > travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu > > netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to > > something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS.... > > > > The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work, > > not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270 > > CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading > > the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size.Depending upon what desktop you want or need, a Fedora 25 is still available in i386. You can download the netinst, do a minimal install then add your desktop. It's probably the closest thing to CentOS for now. Something like openbox, or even better, dwm, probably wouldn't strain its resources too much. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
On 06/05/2017 11:15 AM, Fred Smith wrote:> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 10:31:10AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm >> travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu >> netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to >> something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS.... >> >> The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work, >> not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270 >> CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading >> the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size. >> >> Opinions (please, no flame wars), just what will be most responsive on a >> machine this small? > > I think the Atom N270 is a 32-bit processor, no? > > that means either no C7, or you will have to use the unofficial 32-bit > build, and I don't know if it is being kept up to date. > > > also, 3rd-party repositories (epel, et al) aren't offering 32-bit > packages for C7, either, so if you depend on any of them for packages > you really care about (e.g., I can't use gnome-3.x, I use epel's > Mate Desktop packages) you'll be stuck. >We have an i386 version of CentOS-7 from the altarch SIG: https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 It should theoretically work with that processor .. at least one could test it and see. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170605/45cad64e/attachment-0001.sig>