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What OS/ OSs for a core2 quad? (self.retrocomputing)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PriorityMotif to c/[email protected]

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I've got a couple of older Dell core2 machines with ddr2. They still have good caps in them. They're interesting to me because they have 3.5" floppy and sata cd/DVD and they can handle a newer os. Id like to keep something around that I can pop in an old cd/DVD or floppy disk or create disks from. I'm just stuck on if I should install xp, 7, 10, tiny 10, some flavor of Linux, they have vista stickers on them. They're just in a weird spot where they're not really vintage PC's and not really modern anymore either.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

mint works beautifully on these. i have several of this class

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Agreement here. Mint XFCE runs fine on a Core 2 Duo with 2GB DDR2. It's not snappy, but all the normal stuff runs. A core 2 Quad with four guys will be fine.