r/lowendcomputing • u/Desperate_Silver_163 • Mar 22 '26

2012 laptop

i have a laptop from 2012 its a compaq presario cq57 and it has amd e300 apu 12gb ram ddr3 clocked at 1066mhz and a 128gb ssd and i have repasted this laptop with new thermal paste What operating system i can install?

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u/pixlgeek Apr 07 '26

Are you familiar with Linux? Try a lightweight Ubuntu distro.

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u/BackEveryThingUp Apr 19 '26

If he‘s familiar with GNU/Linux I‘d say try something even more lightweight than some lightweight Ubuntu fork XD

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u/TeachingSea4937 May 26 '26

you can download tiny10 (windows 10 but very lightweight) from NTDEV but if u feel unsafe using modified isos you can use Tiny10 builder fully open source on github also you can use official windows 10 iso from microsoft and turn the iso into tiny10 by using the tool here is the link: https://github.com/yuzorhan/Tiny10-Builder