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>
Johnny Hughes wrote:> 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.<snip>>> I think the Atom N270 is a 32-bit processor, no?I think so. Given the date, and the price (had I paid full price, it would have been well under $400US)....>> >> 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.Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I will want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other times, it sits in the closet turned off). And I really don't want fedora, with its 'how many updates today?!' That's why I like CentOS: stability. Thanks to all. mark
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> Mmmm... looks like I may go for C6, then, since unlike that Ubuntu, I will > want to do updates at least every time I get ready for a trip (other > times, it sits in the closet turned off).I went for C6 on a Samsung NC10 (1.6GHz Atom N270 1GB RAM), only because it refused to boot off the C7 ISO for some reason, and I didn't want to waste time tracking down why. Works like a charm without any fiddling with an alternate DE like I would have with C7. I have no complaints. jh