On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 10:31:10AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > I've got an old HP Netbook, which is just fine for taking with when I'm > travelling, to check email and news. I have a very old Ubuntu > netbook-remix on it, and it really, *really* needs to be updated to > something current. I, of course, would prefer CentOS.... > > The question is: I see that *if* the specs I just looked up (I'm at work, > not home, where I could just turn it on, but they sound right) Atom N270 > CPU, 2G RAM, 160GB drive - what should I put on it, C6 or C7? Upgrading > the memory's not going to happen, so it's got to live with that size. > > Opinions (please, no flame wars), just what will be most responsive on a > machine this small? I think the Atom N270 is a 32-bit processor, no? that means either no C7, or you will have to use the unofficial 32-bit build, and I don't know if it is being kept up to date. also, 3rd-party repositories (epel, et al) aren't offering 32-bit packages for C7, either, so if you depend on any of them for packages you really care about (e.g., I can't use gnome-3.x, I use epel's Mate Desktop packages) you'll be stuck. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -------------------------- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) --------------------------------