Tinycore or maybe something custom with Gentoo or buildroot
Dunno if it would work or not, but I wonder if a minimal NixOS install would work.
T/2 SDE!
It supports everything
Void with Xfce has done wonders to my atom cpu with 2 GB of ram. Also iceWM has seen a new release that might worth checking
At least if you want to play with it in XP, install mypal browser https://www.mypal-browser.org/ I have had success with it on a XP machine, it loads facebook, reddit, lemmy.world, etc.
For an old distro, have you tried AntiX 32 bits?
Now it’s on Windows XP that runs quite well but doesn’t support modern SSL certificates so it can’t browse the internet (idk how to fix it ok?).
Yes there are modernized versions of Windows XP with updated certificates and whatnot.
The only thing I remember is that it’s not i686 so 99% of modern 32 bit distros don’t work on it (stuck right after grub).
Debian has images for i386: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/
But... frankly the power consumption of that thing will be just crazy. Take for example this example, a more modern Pentium D vs a Pi:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/6390478?baseline=5583060
Maybe let go of this ancient hardware? Seriously: Get a Raspberry Pi (or whatever SOC computer is the latest trend) and install whatever distribution you want. You get 100x the performance for 100x less power consumption. It's great to reuse old hardware and all, but THAT old?
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