2 months ago
- Reviving an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE netbook from 2009 by installing Arch Linux 32 due to its low specs (Intel Atom N280, 1GB RAM).
- Replacing Windows XP with Arch Linux for a lightweight, customizable OS, requiring community-maintained Arch Linux 32 for 32-bit support.
- Detailed installation process including boot media preparation, internet setup via Wi-Fi using iwd, disk partitioning with MBR, and configuring swap and root partitions.
- System configuration involved setting timezone, hostname, root password, and installing GRUB bootloader for BIOS/MBR setup.
- Network setup using systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, and iwd to ensure post-installation connectivity.
- Installing essential packages, AUR helper paru (built from source despite swap space issues), and lightweight LXQt desktop environment with X11.
- Upgrading RAM from 1GB to 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM to mitigate out-of-memory errors, though performance remained limited by HDD and CPU bottlenecks.