HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1.5GHz
2GB RAM Hitachi 500GB HDD
Windows Vista

What distro would you recommend?
Can this be done with a USB or will a DVD be necessary?

I want to save it from ewaste because it has a ridiculous number of ports on the sides.

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[–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a really old system, here's my recommendations in order:

  1. Linux Lite
  2. Lubuntu
  3. Q4OS

All of these have minimum system requirements that are lower than your system, so they should install and run fine. USB should be fine to boot and install any one of these.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Thanks! I want to give these a shot after Mint finishes updating. Any edge will be noticeable.

    I was worried about USB boot, but it went smoothly.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Mint is awesome, and normally that's my goto for newer Linux users, and honestly even experienced ones. But it might be a little heavy for a system as old as yours.

    Let me know if Mint ends up running alright for you, I'm curious to know!

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