old machines

angeloo · 2020-03-30 16:43

Hello everyone, I would like to know how much to install on old machines, because I intend to do the installation on an old PC, runs well on old machines ???

Dai_trying · 2020-03-30 17:57

Yes

crosscourt · 2020-03-30 20:43

Depends, how old? The KDE version is a lot leaner with resources than the past versions of KDE but if youre running a much older pc the TDE version of Q4OS is the better choice by far. Depending on the hardware Scorpion might be a better choice over Centaurus.
Ive got Centaurus 3.10 KDE running on a Pentium D 3.4ghz system with 4gb of ram for instance.

angeloo · 2020-03-31 05:40

crosscourt wrote:

Depends, how old? The KDE version is a lot leaner with resources than the past versions of KDE but if youre running a much older pc the TDE version of Q4OS is the better choice by far. Depending on the hardware Scorpion might be a better choice over Centaurus.
Ive got Centaurus 3.10 KDE running on a Pentium D 3.4ghz system with 4gb of ram for instance.

Intel® Atom® Processor N450 - 1.66GHz, 512Kb L2, with Hyper Threading® technology
• Intel® NM10 Chipset
• 2 GB RAM, DDR2 SDRAM
Integrated Intel® Graphics 3150, with DVMT
Realtek® 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Network
Wi-Fi® 801.11 b / g / n standard wireless network

crosscourt · 2020-03-31 18:47

Atom should be fine but youre only running 2gb of ram so sticking to TDE with Centaurus should be fine.

BeHappy · 2020-04-03 18:34

I had the live CD of Q4OS 2.x (Scorpion) 32-bit with Trinity desktop working fine on an HP Compaq 6720s (Windows Vista epoch) with Intel Centrino 560 processor working fine.

So far, the standard Q4OS 3.x (Centaurus) 32-bit (partly) failed to install on the same machine. (black screen)

So, if Q4OS Centaurus doesn't work, you can still try an older version.

BrJPedro · 2020-04-04 12:46

Use Q4OS Scorpion. It will be supported until 2022 and it runs smoothly even on old machines.

gurdonark · 2020-04-05 20:11

I run a Dell mini-book with similar CPU specs with Q4OS, which I use as an ebook reader. It installed the Trinity desktop in good shape,
and runs just fine.

Scott_CA · 2020-10-24 02:14

I installed on 2 old systems....
System......2002 Dell Dimension 4500s desktop, 2.8 GHz Pentium 4, 2 GB memory, Q4OS 3.12 32-bit version, Trinity (TDE) desktop, 'full' install (internet required)
I'm amazed ! Two thumbs up ^ ^ !! A few years ago, when Linux was new to me, I tried to run Q4 0.9, but it is now vastly improved and an excellent distro. This twice-retired system, with limited memory, runs well. The installer held my hand to split the partition on an 80 GB ext4 drive. There were no issues, although it took a long time to install (slow internet, 0.5 MB/sec) from the ~500 MB install CD. The system idles at 230 MB, ~75 processes running. A few surprises but no crashes from day 1. KOffice apps (rather than LibreOffice) load almost instantly and have good compatibility. I prefer the 'Cascading Tree Control Center' from Q4OS forum 'Tips and Tricks', but did not discover it for a few days.
This is a decent system for banking, kids’ Chromebook/cloud-based schoolwork, etc, and light to moderate general purpose use. With cheap, used, shared IDE drives it would make a useful server, or backup server, for households that do not move or share a lot of data. I use a 2004 Dell Dimension 3000 with 250 and 320 GB drives and specs similar to the 4500 running Open Media Vault as a backup server, but Q4 would work just fine and have a more familiar install process.
Because this install was so promising, I did another install on a system also headed to the recycler--but not yet, as it turns out.

System.....2004 IBM Thinkpad T21 laptop, 800 MHz Pentium III, 256 MB memory, same 32-bit Q4OS as above. System idles <100 MB, 58 tasks (no sound software or wi-fi hardware, minimal services)
With so little memory I am amazed that it runs at all, but is fine for tasks that don't require internet browsing. I installed a 'seasoned' (2002-2018) file manager, Xfe (X File Explorer, install includes Xfwrite, Xfimage, useful X utilities), that looks and runs much like Windows File Explorer, and is memory-lite. This system, with a modern desktop, is again usable, a slower, near-twin to the Dell system with the exception of the browser. When Konqueror connected it was acceptable, but on this particular system would not consistently connect to the internet (no problem on the Dell, or with Midori browser), hence Dillo. The Dillo mostly-text browser is suitable for some web pages, but is not a substitute for the bigger, modern browsers. This IBM has issues with sound and the suspend/power down commands, but handles the display as expected.
Other users may be able to use this review to evaluate their closet-bound retired systems.

I duped the 4500 disk, and installed it (with IDE-->SATA adapter) in a HP 7700, 2.6 GHz dual-core, 4 GB system and it pretty much keeps up with my HP XW4600 8 GB Xubuntu-based main system....until it runs out of memory.

Wanderer112358 · 2020-10-26 19:35

I am running right now on a small Dell/Wyse Zx0D PC.

AMD G-T56N Processor 1.65Ghz
6GB RAM and 16GB SATA SSD HD storage

I have installed Q4OS Trinity 3.12 64bit

Currently, I am consuming less than 1GB of RAM and about 4GB of disk storage.

It runs reasonably well and is quite usable. The OS works perfectly without any errors.

Last edited by Wanderer112358 (2020-10-26 22:39)

EdizonTN · 2020-11-15 23:39

I'm running on the:
Notebook DELL Latitude D520
CPU: Intel Celeron M 430 @1.73GHz
RAM: 512MB
HDD: 40GB
Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM
Desktop: Trinity R14.0.6
Distro: Q4OS 3.12.1-n1 (Centaurus)
Kernel: 4.19.0-12-686-pea i686

This PC is primarily a media player in my workshop (VLC), datasheet viewer (pdf) and sometimes as a KiCAD design view (I try to use LibrePCB now), but is able work with LibreOffice also.
The Internet is very slow for reading and YouTube is not able to play anymore.
The PC is controlled by a barrier (remote Keyboard+Mouse) remotely.

I'm happy for this distro, because I can reuse an old PC.

detoo · 2020-11-16 07:13

EdizonTN wrote:

YouTube is not able to play anymore.

YouTube's latest interface is a bloated mess; it's no longer usable with my 2.2G Pentium 4 machine.

crosscourt · 2020-11-20 01:57

Im still running an HP SFF with a Pentium D 3.4ghz with 4gb of ram and a conventional 500gb hard drive with Q4OS TDE 3.12. For most work offline it runs very well but online its slow at times and videos on various sites are also slow at times. Resource usage is around 325mb at GUI which is excellent.

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