Ubuntu server might work too, or I also agree that Debian would be a good fit.
On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:59 PM Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.archlinux.org/ > https://www.ubuntu.com/core > http://www.tinycorelinux.net/ > > Really, I'd go for arch. The install isn't that big of a deal really. > And you get exactly what you want. > If you do ubuntu core you can use snaps to install what you need... > > > On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 11:53 AM W7DAL <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Works fine with Linux Mint. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On May 21, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Atom 550 is basic 2010-ish 64-bit x86-64 low end CPU. As such it should >> > work with any mainstream modern distribution. Be it Fedora, Ubuntu, >> Debian, >> > openSuSE, .... In no particular order. >> > >> > It is probably going to be very sluggish by any contemporary measure. >> And, >> > it does not support modern virtualization and does not support AES >> > instructions if you want to use it for anything to do with encryption >> > (networking, storage, etc.) >> > >> > Hope it helps, >> > -T >> > >> >> On Mon, May 20, 2019, 19:30 Michael Barnes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I got an SSD for this beast, now waiting on a power cord. In the >> meantime, >> >> trying to decide on what distribution I want to load. I was originally >> >> going to go with CentOS, but not sure if that is doable on this Atom >> >> processor. I saw a recommendation for Puppy Linux, but Puppy became >> very >> >> confusing very fast. Once installed, this will run headless. No GUI or >> >> anything is necessary. Just need basic network stuff like dhcp, ntp, >> gpsd, >> >> and maybe a lightweight webserver for some static pages and possible >> file >> >> downloads. It will not be connected to the Internet, just a local LAN. >> >> >> >> (Yes, I've used a RaspberryPi for this in the past. I just want to use >> this >> >> box this time.) >> >> >> >> I appreciate your suggestions. >> >> >> >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> PLUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
