I recommend Fedora 26, but need to tweak a lot. Because hardware spec are 5 years behind. If me, i maybe use openbox or i3. Use netinstall for minimal installation. I saw few post this laptop has kernel issue and unbootable, where you live? It better find someone new to make a custom kernel for your usage.
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 2:28 PM, ChunYu Wang <chunw...@redhat.com> wrote: > I will also recommend debian as George N. White III said in another mail... > > - Chunyu > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Beartooth <bearto...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Some years ago, I bought an > > IBM-refurbished Thinkpad T42, meaning to > > devote it to use with a Garmin UPS, under > > Linux of course. It turned out not to be > > suitable for that. > > > > I put it into the guest room, where > > it also got little or no use. Until last > > week, it still had Fedora 22. I've been > > trying for days to get F26, or 25, or even > > 24 onto it. > > > > It demanded an i386, 32-bit .iso; > > and I did finally manage, after a lot of > > grief, to get it to seem to finish an > > installation. Upon rebooting, it says only > > that it can't boot what it has! > > > > As a last resort, I've been looking > > for a Puppy Linux version. The download > > page offers versions for Ubuntu (which > > affects me like sand in the teeth), > > Slackware (which I've never even seen > > running), and M$. Oh, and also for the > > eeePC. > > > > Is there hope?? > > -- > > Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert > > What do they know of country, who only country know? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- Best Regards, RN
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