[PLUG] Minimal Distribution for Atom 550 Processor

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Tue May 21 18:52:20 UTC 2019


Works fine with Linux Mint.

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> On May 21, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Atom 550 is basic 2010-ish 64-bit x86-64 low end CPU. As such it should
> work with any mainstream modern distribution. Be it Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian,
> openSuSE, .... In no particular order.
> 
> It is probably going to be very sluggish by any contemporary measure. And,
> it does not support modern virtualization and does not support AES
> instructions if you want to use it for anything to do with encryption
> (networking, storage, etc.)
> 
> Hope it helps,
> -T
> 
>> On Mon, May 20, 2019, 19:30 Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I got an SSD for this beast, now waiting on a power cord. In the meantime,
>> trying to decide on what distribution I want to load. I was originally
>> going to go with CentOS, but not sure if that is doable on this Atom
>> processor. I saw a recommendation for Puppy Linux, but Puppy became very
>> confusing very fast. Once installed, this will run headless. No GUI or
>> anything is necessary. Just need basic network stuff like dhcp, ntp, gpsd,
>> and maybe a lightweight webserver for some static pages and possible file
>> downloads. It will not be connected to the Internet, just a local LAN.
>> 
>> (Yes, I've used a RaspberryPi for this in the past. I just want to use this
>> box this time.)
>> 
>> I appreciate your suggestions.
>> 
>> Michael
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