need help installing new linux distro...

[lekkerlinux]

Your quote cracks me up.
"all I was left with was a old AMD A10-5800k APU, with 8 GB of RAM"


Hell man with them specs you should be able to run most Linux Distros.

This is old and I can run any Linux Distro on it without complaints.

Spoiler

antix1@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.160-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
           Distro: antiX-17.4.1_x64-base Helen Keller 28 March 2019 base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 380 v: N/A serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Dell model: 0HN7XN v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A02 date: 08/27/2010
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A L2 cache: 3072 KiB
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11704
           Speed: 1600 MHz min/max: 1600/2933 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1600 2: 1600
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
           Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1152x720~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.160-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Dell driver: tg3 v: 3.137 port: ece0
           bus ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 149.01 GiB used: 12.22 GiB (8.2%)
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3160812AS size: 149.01 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 143.67 GiB used: 12.22 GiB (8.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 133 Uptime: 8h 14m Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 609.2 MiB (15.8%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers:
           gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.29
antix1@antix1:~
$

Okay, I see. I just thought it would slow down without my 2 GB graphics card. I guess it uses RAM instead?