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I tried to install Arch on an old laptop.
The laptop was apparently too old for Arch as it had a 32 bit processor. I found a fork of Arch that was meant for 32 bit systems and attempted installing that instead. It was an awful experience.
I then tried PuppyOS, but I was still not happy with it and just decided to junk it instead. I hope someone was able to get some metals extracted from it or something.
Unfortunately some old tech does just start becoming obsolete at some point. sure you can force old software on to it but unless its designed to just interact on its own or with some other equipment thats stuck in time, it usually ends up not being worth the trouble or time, especially when you can get pretty powerful (comparison wise) equipment for cheap. chrome books for example are dirt ass cheap and some times a better solution than trying to get a super old system running again.
Alas, I have to agree, hardware becomes obsolete 'at some point'. The '7 32 bit laptop still ruins nicely though, with a clean debian install and ctwm as window manager. Most of the times memory is the biggest challenge though, as even the current browsers balloon like crazy.
I've been using Linux since '94 and until now I haven't had to replace a piece of hardware running linux due to hardware limitations. Every one of them that got replaced, died on me with the dying part not being repairable or replaceable. (I even soldered a sd card slot back in place on an RPi 3)
The only 'obsolete' hardware I now have are my BananaPi R1 and R2, as software support (bananian) stopped on the R1 and the R2 still needs to be dusted off to see if it can be used. (rare hardware has it's limitations) They'll still work and function how I left them, but it's not wise to use them for the task I bought them, core router, without security updates. (so kinda more a support issue)
Keep trying. There is a distro out there