This laptop was my first experiment into installing linux, I have since expanded to installing linux OS to all my devices. Since then, I now would like to circle back to this very slow, very old PC and install a light weight distro on it. It would act like a back up for writing emails and using Obsidian for putting together client info sheets if my main PC ever had an issue. I would only need to install Waterfox and Obsidian. But I had a curiosity about SNES emulators? What if I could use this lil guy to play old super mario? Is there an emulator for that and will this junk be able to run it? Which distro would be ideal for this, if at all possible? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. **UPDATE**: Well, during another project I accidentally erased the partition on my HD for this Laptop and messed it all up (OMG lesson to new users, be patient and mindful!!) So I went ahead and put Xfce on it. It's good for what I need, and definitely faster!! It's missing some creature comforts that Cinnamon has, such as the ability to uninstall native apps with a right-click and some UI things that are nice but not necessary. next step, the Emulator... Specs: ``` System: Kernel: 6.14.0-36-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble Machine: Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: 905S3G/906S3G/915S3G/9305SG v: P13RBV serial: Chassis: type: 9 serial: Mobo: SAMSUNG model: NP915S3G-K02CA v: SAMSUNG_SW_REVISION_1234567890ABCD serial: part-nu: SAMSUNG SENS Series uuid: UEFI: American Megatrends v: P13RBV.083.140805.FL date: 08/05/2014 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 26.5 Wh (98.1%) condition: 27.0/30.6 Wh (88.2%) volts: 8.2 min: 7.5 model: SAMSUNG Electronics SR Real Battery type: Li-ion serial: status: discharging cycles: 452 CPU: Info: quad core model: (up to ) bits: 64 type: MCP smt: arch: Jaguar rev: 1 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 602 high: 611 min/max: 600/1000 boost: enabled cores: 1: 611 2: 599 3: 599 4: 599 bogomips: 7985 Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Graphics: Device-1: AMD Temash [Radeon HD 8250/8280G] vendor: Samsung Co driver: radeon v: kernel arch: GCN-2 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:983d class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-10HDD13335N driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 2232:1054 class-ID: 0e02 serial: Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS model: AU Optronics 0x152c res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 118 size: 293x164mm (11.54x6.46") diag: 336mm (13.2") modes: max: 1366x768 min: 640x480 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: KABINI (radeonsi ACO DRM 2.50 6.14.0-36-generic) device-ID: 1002:983d Audio: Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-36-generic status: kernel-api Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Samsung Co driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-2:3 chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: bt-v: 4.1 lmp-v: 7 sub-v: 1 hci-v: 7 rev: 3101 class-ID: 7c010c Drives: Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 24.63 GiB (20.7%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZMTD128HAFV-000 size: 119.24 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 1K0Q scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / size: 116.32 GiB used: 24.62 GiB (21.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-3:3 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller type: driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-2:2 info: Elan Micro Touchscreen type: HID driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 04f3:012e class-ID: 0300 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 3-3:3 info: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-10HDD13335N type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 2232:1054 class-ID: 0e02 serial: Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 4-2:3 info: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001 Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 54.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 53.0 C Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A Repos: Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2190 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 1: deb https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zara main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-noble.sources 1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu noble main Info: Memory: total: 4 GiB note: est. available: 3.28 GiB used: 1.13 GiB (34.5%) Processes: 207 Power: uptime: 2m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34 ```