u/WanderingHumanPerson

I'm on Linux Mint xfce and I'm migrating to antiX because my 16yo laptop can't handle it (for details, refer to my previous posts). I've downloaded and made a bootable USB with the 64bit version on the USB Image Writer. I verified the checksum and it checked out fine.

I did the same for the 32bit version and it always gave me a missmatch (both torrent, twice and sourceforge).

I also have an HP Mini 210-1180sp. It has an Intel Atom N455, 1GB DDR3 1333mhz RAM, 256mb integrated Intel graphics and a 250gb HDD (2.5 sata). It is running windows 7 starter (32bit) and I would like to install 32bit antiX on it, for now.

I did some research and found a nice deal for a 120gb ssd and a 2GB ram stick (I have a 4gb one, which I tried, and I only got a black screen and the fans going). When I get these, I may try installing the 64bit antiX, seeing as the Atom N455 can handle 64bit (so they say).

So my question is, do I keep trying different downloads until I get the checksum right for the 32bit? Do I give up and wait until I get better specs to run the 64bit? Do I ignore the checksum? (Probably a bad idea)

Could it be that the checksum for the 32bit is different? Seems odd to me, but I am still learning here. Any help would be much appreciated

I have a Toshiba Satellite L500 with an Intel i3 M330 (gen 1), 8gb ram, 1gb ram (ati radeon 4650), and a 240gb ssd (wd green 2.5 sata II). I installed Linux Mint xfce on it and the poor machine suffered. It ran fast it just couldn't run many things at the same time. Giving it a 7gb swapfile doubled performance, but although it was faster than the bootleg windows 10 (a barebones version, you could say) I had on it, mint still could not run as many things at the same time as windows 10.

Everything was up to date on xfce (drivers, updates and whatnot). Considering this, what Linux distribution could I get that allows me to have 20+ tabs open on chromium/Firefox/etc.; have libreoffice running, and Spotify playing (ideally also have google drive synched through a tool similar to that one mint has)?

For a better idea of the struggles I faced with mint xfce, refer to my 2 previous posts.

I have a Toshiba Satellite L500 with an Intel i3 M330 (gen 1), 8gb ram, 1gb ram (ati radeon 4650), and a 240gb ssd (wd green 2.5 sata II). I installed Linux Mint xfce on it and the poor machine suffered. It ran fast it just couldn't run many things at the same time. Giving it a 7gb swapfile doubled performance, but although it was faster than the bootleg windows 10 (a barebones version, you could say) I had on it, mint still could not run as many things at the same time as windows 10.

Everything was up to date on xfce (drivers, updates and whatnot). Considering this, what Linux distribution could I get that allows me to have 20+ tabs open on chromium/Firefox/etc.; have libreoffice running, and Spotify playing (ideally also have google drive synched through a tool similar to that one mint has)?

For a better idea of the struggles I faced with mint xfce, refer to my 2 previous posts.

I live in mainland Europe, and I'd like to get an MP3 that works like a minimalist smartphone, essentially (but without the phone part (like a tablet, but tiny): Spotify, Gmail, WhatsApp, Netbanking, search engine, and news app would be enough. SIM card would be on a dumb phone.

I'd like not to spend more than 100€, but all I find are Android 13 devices, which stopped getting security updates from Google as of May 2025. Since I'd be using WhatsApp, Gmail, and by bank app, this worries me.

Does anyone know of any options? Am I just being paranoid about Android 13? 😅