Fresh installation on Celeron T3100 (32-bit)

[visualdrome]

Hello everyone, I have inherited a PC with the following features:
eMachines E525 32bit
Intel Celeron T3100 - 1.9 GHz - 800MHz - 1MB L3 cache
2 GB RAM

I would like to install Linux.
On another very old one I have Lubuntu and, all in all, it's fine.
Which distro do you recommend?
Lubuntu?
In fact I already have it installed (version 24.05) but the internet, with Firefox, works terribly. I don't know if it depends on the OS or Firefox (I don't know if there is a 32-bit browser).

It would be for my 11 and 13 year old children, so mainly for internet use (I don't think it can do much more...).

Thanks in advance.

 

[kc1di]

I would give antiX a spin. or puppy. 32 bit limits your choices today. 2 gb ram is not much either.
But the two distros I mentioned should work well. you may want to also try a more lite weight browser for the web
This site has a list of them.

10 Open Source Lightweight Web Browsers for Linux

Do you think your web browser consumes too much system resources? Try these light web browsers in Linux.

itsfoss.com

 

[Brickwizard]

Welcome to the forums,
coo a very slow entry level CPU, still at least its twin core and 64 bit, and with 2Gb ram should run any medium weight 64 bit Linux, I suggest Mint LMDE, parrot home, peppermint or Linux Lite

 

[visualdrome]

Welcome to the forums,
coo a very slow entry level CPU, still at least its twin core and 64 bit, and with 2Gb ram should run any medium weight 64 bit Linux, I suggest Mint LMDE, parrot home, peppermint or Linux Lite

That's true, it's 64bit!
Thanks and sorry

 

[visualdrome]

Under Windows I use Rufus to create the installation USB
Even though I left Windows in a partition of the PC, I can no longer access it (not even by changing the boot order from the bios)
How can I create the boot USB of the new OS under lubuntu?
Etcher? Or terminal?

 

[Brickwizard]

If you're running Linux then Etcher will probably be better, remember Win 32 bit has been discontinued for a few years now, and as a point Linux 32 bit is expected to reach its end of life next year. [Rufus can cause problems unless you use it in DD mode]
the machine was built as an entry level for 64 bit windows computing [although as a marketing ploy it came with 32 bit windows]

 

[kc1di]

I believe on Lubuntu you should beable to install mintstick which will burn .iso's to usb also. Etcher is also good choice.

 

[visualdrome]

Hello,
I tried AntiX 23.2 Full (antiX-23.2_x64-full.iso from sourceforge.net) : I downloaded it, flash with Etcher (under Lubuntu), installed.

When I start thew computer there's the choice between the 2 OS (Windows and AntiX); Windows goes fine; if I chose Antix, the computer stop in a black screen and I have to forse it to shut down (pushing the start button for 3 seconds).

These are my installation choices (there are also the screenshots):
1) USE LEGACY KERNEL
2) NORMAL BOOT
3) CUSTOMIZE THE DISK LAYOUT (I want to keep Windows)
4) I CHOOSE THE sda3 and the "/" WITH / WITHOUT FLAG THE "ENCRYPT" AND "CHECK" BOXES (the result is the same: the AntiX OS doesn't start)
5) I CHANGE THE "LOCALIZATION DEFAULTS DATA AND CLOCK
6) I CHOOSE LOGIN NAME (I chose antix, like the OS...), ROOT ACCOUNT AND PASSWORDS

Then the installation is successful but when I shut down the computer, I remove the USB stick and start the computer, Windows starts, Linux AntiX not.

Did I make any mistakes?
What can I do?

EDIT

I can't install any OS; i tried with antix 32 bit and mint but something goes wring;
with antiX the installation process is completed but when I reboot the system, the computer stop on the black screen and the cursor blinking;
with mint, the installation process stop with Error no 20: Not a directory: '/run/live/medium/live/filesystem.packages-remove'