There is a computer (1 core, 2 GB of operatives), which lives in the private sector with rather unstable electricity. It is now worth WinXP. But due to frequent voltage fluctuations, the OS loader crashes. It looks like a constant reboot. After a manual recovery (copying the OS files from the distribution kit on the USB flash drive), the performance is restored for a while. There was an idea to put another OS in, so that everything would not fly so fast. Win7 seems to be more secure, but I’m scared by the lack of resources for OS maintenance. There was a thought about Linux. Please advise somehow the distribution kit, which will be more or less stable in such conditions of operation and will be user friendly enough, since users of this unit - the elderly.

ZY Anticipating possible questions, there is a besperer, but it is trigger and, according to observations, does not have time to work before the jump, ie skips the voltage jump, and then switches. This is enough to computer extinguished.

ZZY the machine is supposed to be used in a weak user mode. The main task is Skype several times a week, surfing news sites, games like "Spider", "Solitaire", etc.

  • 2 GB is enough for 7. Try to disable recovery at boot. In the extreme case of Windows 7 PE from a USB flash drive to boot and flash drive in autoload. - codename0082016
  • xubuntu, lubuntu lts amd64. russian fedora is also good. - don Rumata
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    here the question is not in the axis but rather in the file system. under Windows should be NTFS. FAT does not like glitches. Under linux, it's not lower than ext3, and you will like the distribution kit more. For reliability, you can keep the root at all in read only, then problems with loading can arise only because of serious damage to / var and you can store a copy of it somewhere and in case of problems you can create a script that will deploy it - Mike
  • @Mike, what nafig Linux ?! If a person needs skype, then 99% needs Windows. - 0andriy
  • Is the machine (processor) 32 bits or 64? - 0andriy

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I would recommend when installing Linux (no matter what distribution, the case, as already said in the comments in file systems) do the following:

  1. Make / as small as possible (600 megabytes should be enough if everything is done correctly), taking / usr, / usr / local, / var, / home, / tmp, / opt and / boot from it to separate sections.
  2. After the installation is complete, remount / boot to R / O (this will require reverse remounting to R / W before updating the system) or at least in sync.
  3. Remount / in sync mode (this WILL slow down write operations to the root file system, hence the claim 1)
  4. Use XFS everywhere except / tmp (ext2 can be used there).
  • But is there any source where these actions are described, at least approximately? ) I'm not so special on Linux :( - LivAlex
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    No Linux for old machines will fail to keep because of skype. - 0andriy