I recommend Fedora 26, but need to tweak a lot. Because hardware spec are 5 years behind. If me, i maybe use openbox or i3. Use netinstall for minimal installation. I saw few post this laptop has kernel issue and unbootable, where you live? It better find someone new to make a custom kernel for your usage.
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 2:28 PM, ChunYu Wang <chunwang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I will also recommend debian as George N. White III said in another mail...
- Chunyu
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Some years ago, I bought an
> IBM-refurbished Thinkpad T42, meaning to
> devote it to use with a Garmin UPS, under
> Linux of course. It turned out not to be
> suitable for that.
>
> I put it into the guest room, where
> it also got little or no use. Until last
> week, it still had Fedora 22. I've been
> trying for days to get F26, or 25, or even
> 24 onto it.
>
> It demanded an i386, 32-bit .iso;
> and I did finally manage, after a lot of
> grief, to get it to seem to finish an
> installation. Upon rebooting, it says only
> that it can't boot what it has!
>
> As a last resort, I've been looking
> for a Puppy Linux version. The download
> page offers versions for Ubuntu (which
> affects me like sand in the teeth),
> Slackware (which I've never even seen
> running), and M$. Oh, and also for the
> eeePC.
>
> Is there hope??
> --
> Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
> What do they know of country, who only country know?
>
>
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