I’ve been able to run AntiX on my Pentium 3 rig, and it was significantly faster than Windows XP. AntiX is just Debian meant to run on very low end systems. I’m sure an Athlon 64 X2 could easilly handle something like Xfce or LXQT. The main limiting factor is going to be the system RAM.
Oh, my Athlon 64 X2 with nForce 4 chipset absolutely loved Windows 7, no unofficial patches even necessary.
When Microsoft released Windows 10, it gave me the notification that I could upgrade for free, so I figured I’d try it. The stupid update just wasted my time downloading the whole thing before it bothered checking the system requirements, just to tell me my system wasn’t compatible and not supported.
I had already been using Linux occasionally ever since 2011, but it wasn’t long after Windows telling me my system wasn’t Windows 10 compatible that I made the permanent switch to Linux.
The only time I run Windows anymore is XP in a virtual machine, mainly for older games and legacy software.
Fun fact: That CPU can’t even run Windows 10. Even though it’s 64 bit and dual core, it’s missing a required instruction or two for Windows 10.
I would be surprised if it could run Windows 10.
I am assuming Windows 7 plus unofficial patches would work relatively well.
Modern Linux with a light-weight DE would work pretty well, too.
Looking at the Geekbench 6 scores for the top end Athlon 64 X2 (I definitely did not have a 6000), you would need a really lightweight DE.
I’ve been able to run AntiX on my Pentium 3 rig, and it was significantly faster than Windows XP. AntiX is just Debian meant to run on very low end systems. I’m sure an Athlon 64 X2 could easilly handle something like Xfce or LXQT. The main limiting factor is going to be the system RAM.
Oh, my Athlon 64 X2 with nForce 4 chipset absolutely loved Windows 7, no unofficial patches even necessary.
When Microsoft released Windows 10, it gave me the notification that I could upgrade for free, so I figured I’d try it. The stupid update just wasted my time downloading the whole thing before it bothered checking the system requirements, just to tell me my system wasn’t compatible and not supported.
I had already been using Linux occasionally ever since 2011, but it wasn’t long after Windows telling me my system wasn’t Windows 10 compatible that I made the permanent switch to Linux.
The only time I run Windows anymore is XP in a virtual machine, mainly for older games and legacy software.