Linux Distro for HP ThinClient T5740

suyadi92

So, I recently got this tiny old CPU and been wondering if I can fit linux on this super-weak box.

Specifications:

Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz (32bit only)
Arch: i686 only
4GB ram
16GB Flash

I've tried Bunsenlabs, puppy, antiX and nothing works (can't even start the live mode)

Slitaz: live mode works but installation via tazpanel failed.

Other mainstream distro doesn't support i686 architrcture anymore.

Rolled back to windows xp right now.

Do you guys have any suggestion?
Thanks.

TrK

Alpine works on i686, maybe you can go with it.

BasToTheMax

@TrK said:
Alpine works on i686, maybe you can go with it.

Alpine linux is easy to use and resource efficient

suyadi92

@TrK said:
Alpine works on i686, maybe you can go with it.

Noted.

suyadi92

Any other distro guys?

dedipromo

FreeBSD (14.2, newest release) still works for i386/i686.
Edit: obviously it's not Linux but similar in many situations.

suyadi92

@dedipromo said:
FreeBSD (14.2, newest release) still works for i386/i686.
Edit: obviously it's not Linux but similar in many situations.

Thank you!

tenji

slackware still available for x32 & x64. you can check their derivatives (porteus, etc) for x32 support. use distrowatch for current update.

ole_hansen

Just use a i386 edition of your favorite linux distro.

suyadi92

@tenji said:
slackware still available for x32 & x64. you can check their derivatives (porteus, etc) for x32 support. use distrowatch for current update.

Thank you, I use distrowatch for reference but the new x86 version of linux (I tried debian based x86 isos) none worked

suyadi92

@ole_hansen said:
Just use a i386 edition of your favorite linux distro.

Can you name some?

DataRecovery

@suyadi92 said:
So, I recently got this tiny old CPU and been wondering if I can fit linux on this super-weak box.
4GB ram

4 GB is not tiny at all.

For 32-bit x86-only try these:

• https://q4os.org/ (surely has an i386 version)
• https://mxlinux.org/ (has ISOs for 32 bit kernel)
• https://archlinux32.org/ - Arch with 32-bit support
• https://loc-os.com/

A couple of more exotic options:

• https://kwort.org/
• https://batocera.org/
• https://www.lakka.tv/

davide

Debian, thanks.

ole_hansen

I am using Debian i386 on my dell wyse 5010.

suyadi92

@ole_hansen said:
I am using Debian i386 on my dell wyse 5010.

Any link for downloadable iso?

suyadi92

@davide said:
Debian, thanks.

Yes I would love to use debian

suyadi92

@DataRecovery said:

@suyadi92 said:
So, I recently got this tiny old CPU and been wondering if I can fit linux on this super-weak box.
4GB ram

4 GB is not tiny at all.

For 32-bit x86-only try these:

• https://q4os.org/ (surely has an i386 version)
• https://mxlinux.org/ (has ISOs for 32 bit kernel)
• https://archlinux32.org/ - Arch with 32-bit support
• https://loc-os.com/

A couple of more exotic options:

• https://kwort.org/
• https://batocera.org/
• https://www.lakka.tv/

Thank you!

emperor

https://salixos.org/download.html
Or use the parent... Slackware

davide

@suyadi92 said:

@ole_hansen said:
I am using Debian i386 on my dell wyse 5010.

Any link for downloadable iso?

http://debian.xfree.com.ar/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/

-- Google, Inc.

suyadi92

@emperor said:
https://salixos.org/download.html
Or use the parent... Slackware

Thanks!

suyadi92

@davide said:
http://debian.xfree.com.ar/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/

-- Google, Inc.

Thanks!

donli

For installing Linux on an HP thin client YouTube is your friend.

ole_hansen

@suyadi92 said:

@ole_hansen said:
I am using Debian i386 on my dell wyse 5010.

Any link for downloadable iso?

I have used this iso to install https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-12.9.0-i386-DVD-1.iso

DataRecovery

@suyadi92 said:

@DataRecovery said:

@suyadi92 said:
So, I recently got this tiny old CPU and been wondering if I can fit linux on this super-weak box.
4GB ram

4 GB is not tiny at all.

For 32-bit x86-only try these:

• https://q4os.org/ (surely has an i386 version)
• https://mxlinux.org/ (has ISOs for 32 bit kernel)
• https://archlinux32.org/ - Arch with 32-bit support
• https://loc-os.com/

A couple of more exotic options:

• https://kwort.org/
• https://batocera.org/
• https://www.lakka.tv/

Thank you!

Just recalled a couple more suitable distros I haven't looked at for a while:

• Bodhi Linux: https://www.bodhilinux.com/download/
• Linux Lite (older versions): https://mirror.alpix.eu/linuxliteos/isos/3.8/ or https://mirror.koddos.net/linuxlite/isos/3.8/ or any other LL mirror

suyadi92

@ole_hansen said:
I have used this iso to install https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-12.9.0-i386-DVD-1.iso

Thank you!

TrK

If nothing works you can always try arch

suyadi92

@TrK said:
If nothing works you can always try arch

Sure, thank you!