what Debian-based distro do you recommend for moderately old systems?
by newbiesforever from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6MA1F)
By choice, I am in the habit of using computers that are in the age range of 10-15 years old. My new/old motherboard is possibly fifteen years old, because I saw copyright 2009 on the BIOS. (Going to flash it soon, hoping for an update.) Same thing for my laptops: I prefer Thinkpad T series laptops, and the ones I have had tend to be from 2008-2011. My distro runs well enough on any of them; but in recent years, I have seen odd behaviors--small and subtle oddities that I can hardly even call "errors" but that make me suspect the distro was designed not for my aging circa-2010 computers but more with the latest, greatest technology in mind.
Anyway, do you have any particular recommendation within the Debian family that is more designed to accommodate computers not ancient but fairly old and obsolete? Memory isn't a great concern. I have 8 GB RAM installed in this board, and that amount serves me well enough. (Probably doesn't support more than 8 GB anyway--I'd have to check--but I don't need more.) I certainly wouldn't need a specialized distro like Damn Small; my computers aren't even close to that old.
Anyway, do you have any particular recommendation within the Debian family that is more designed to accommodate computers not ancient but fairly old and obsolete? Memory isn't a great concern. I have 8 GB RAM installed in this board, and that amount serves me well enough. (Probably doesn't support more than 8 GB anyway--I'd have to check--but I don't need more.) I certainly wouldn't need a specialized distro like Damn Small; my computers aren't even close to that old.