Best Lightweight Linux Distribution for Older Computers

“The problem with advancement of technology is that it makes the
old gadgets almost obsolete. And it happens mostly in case of
computers. We do not buy computers/laptops every six month or every
year, well most of us don?t. But the fast pace of software
development always make our six-months old PC looks old and
slow.

The new Ubuntu, Fedora and all other major Linux distributions
relies heavily on upgraded hardware. Gnome 3 and Unity both used 3D
hardware acceleration. It seems that with time the major Linux
distributions will focus more on utilizing the best of hardware
capabilities and running these OS will require good hardware
configuration. But what about your good old computer that is low on
RAM, disk space, cache memory?

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