It’s an old model (Acer One D257) Processor is Intel Atom. Memory is 1GB DDR3 with 320 GB of HDD. I currently Have MX 21 running on it, but I need to reinstall because I forgot the root password. Since I’m reinstalling the OS, I thought I’d ask here for recommendations for an OS that makes the most of this oldie.

  • Papamousse@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    yeah MX21 32bits is what I would install, or AntiX.

    Can’t you boot on a USB key and reset the root password on your HD partition?

    • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.socialOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      AntiX! Of course. I thought Antix had merged with Mepis to create MX. Didn’t know they were still around. probably the best choice since it still seems to be based on Debian Stable

      • Papamousse@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        AntiX is awesome on old HW, everything works, just don’t load a big website in the browser or it crawls :)