On 06/09/19 13:32, Graeme wrote:

I have one of the above which was often useful, but now lives in a
cupboard because it runs XP Home, which is no longer 'secure', and
cannot be upgraded to W7 or above.

It occurs that perhaps there is an up to date version of Linux that
could replace Windows? Linux 'Lite' or something?

Only really needs to be able to connect and load a browser, although
word processing and spreadsheets (doc and xls) would be useful, but mail
not required.

This is the basic spec.

type : Intel® Atom„¢ processor N280
clock speed : 1.66 GHz
Front Side Bus : 667 MHz
2nd level cache : 512 KB

standard : 1,024 MB
maximum expandability : 2,048 MB
technology : DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)

Hard disk capacity : 160 GB
certification : S.M.A.R.T.
drive rotation : 5,400 rpm

A waste of time?

No. It will probably be the best OS choice you ever made.

https://distrowatch.com/ is your first port of call. It looks
daunting, and it is a bit, but spend some time looking through it and
what it offers, although you might not need to go further than this:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/best-linux-distribution-for-a-toshiba-nb200-4175575280/

Note that there are some very good Linux NGs on Usenet, and some very
poor ones. The latter are best avoided. You'll soon find out which are
which!

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Jeff