> On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 14:40, Dave Close <dave at compata.com> wrote: > >> It appears that CentOS 7 was the last one with a 32-bit version. I'm >> trying to install it on an older laptop and having some trouble. I tried to resurrect a 32-bit desktop with a Pentium 4 processor by installing CentOS 7 32-bit version. Everything installed OK, but after the first boot, the performance was unusable. And, the X11 would crash repeatedly. CentOS 7-32 is completely useless. Then, I tried Ubuntu 16-32 with the Gnome desktop. No crashes, but the performance was unusable, although much better than CentOS 7-32. Then, I tried Lubuntu 18-32, and I have a usable system now. Lubuntu is Ubuntu with a light-weight desktop designed for computers with limited resources. I have also installed Xubuntu 12 on a laptop with a Pentium M processor (pre-PAE capability for extended memory addressing). It performed acceptably. Xubuntu is another light-weight Linux with the XFCE desktop. Todd Merriman