[xubuntu-users] Advice sought on appropriate 32 bit Xubuntu version

[Chris Green]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 09:08:33AM +0100, David Walland wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Can I first *emphasise* that I am having fun and this is about getting an
> old tablet running how I want *FOR FUN*.  I do have much more capable
> machines and using them is as much fun as drinking a glass of water - not a
> lot, but sometimes necessary.
> 
> I recently acquired this elderly Acer Aspire One N214 32 bit tablet which I
> am hoping to use Xubuntu on.  I'm trying to push the memory to the max 4GB
> (may yet need a BIOS update) and have an SSD that I'll fit when I get the
> SoDIMM fitted and checked out.  The system is currently running on Win7.  I
> want to run it as a pure Xubuntu system.
> 
> Can I have advice on the most appropriate 32 bit Xubuntu version?  The
> system has an Intel Atom fitted but I have yet to persuade the Acer site to
> even admit it ever built/supplied this machine, let alone any information
> about which Atom and which chipset is used on it.  The information about
> the the actual machine is missing from the bottom of it and everywhere
> on/in it that I've accessed so far.
> 
> Any ideas about a good AV/anti-malware and firewall system?  ClamAV seems
> to be lagging a bit.
> 
I recently wanted to use a similar Acer Aspire One as a music player,
since there are no recent [x]ubuntu 32-bit versions I went for Debian
whose current version still has 32-bit.  It installed quite easily and
it's near enough to [x]ubuntu to be quite familiar.

-- 
Chris Green