Newest OS for system

[BarbaricSoul]

What is the newest OS I can run on a AMD x4 920 system?

 

[pavle]

You could put a trimmed down Win10 on it or Win7 Thin PC or Linux Lite.

 

[silentbogo]

Win10 should be fine. I'd consider going with a debloated distro, like AtlasOS or Tiny10. Alternatively - if you don't want to mess with third-party crap - just go with Enterprise LTSC. You'll only miss "useful" things like telemetry, cortana, and MS store, but otherwise it runs as usual.
Another good alternative - Linux. Even something as bloated as latest Ubuntu will fly on this PC. Though, I'd rather move on to something along the lines of PopOS or Mint.
The only thing to note, is for win10 an SSD and at least 8GB RAM is a must for anything newer than v1507. There were way too many SSD optimizations that made it near-unusable on mechanical HDD.

 

[unwind-protect]

FreeBSD 14-current as of today's build

 

[eidairaman1]

I would Run a custom rom of 10 at the most otherwise stick to W7

 

[Deleted member 230939]

Arch btw

 

[Mussels]

What is the newest OS I can run on a AMD x4 920 system?

RAM is the only limit here, you can run anything you want on it


You failed to mention the rest of the specs, or it's intended purpose which matters more than anything else

 

[BarbaricSoul]

You failed to mention the rest of the specs, or it's intended purpose which matters more than anything else

You're correct, I did fail to mention the specs and intended purpose. IIRC, it consists of a AMD X4 920, 8GB DDR3 1600, a GTX 285 (though this doesn't matter really) and a Cooler Master 1000 watt PSU. I'm going to get it a SATA SSD. Nothing fancy though. Probably something like my WD Blue in my system listed in my system specs. The purpose of this computer is office work, mostly consisting of emails and the program Procore. There will be absolutely no gaming on this computer. Procore requires Win7 or newer. I'm thinking about using Win10. If the computer needs more RAM, no problem. I'll buy some. The computer was given to me to use as a prize for a contest on TPU that never happened. It's old, but it should be fine for what I'm planning to use it for.

 

[tpa-pr]

Win10 should be fine. I'd consider going with a debloated distro, like AtlasOS or Tiny10. Alternatively - if you don't want to mess with third-party crap - just go with Enterprise LTSC. You'll only miss "useful" things like telemetry, cortana, and MS store, but otherwise it runs as usual.
Another good alternative - Linux. Even something as bloated as latest Ubuntu will fly on this PC. Though, I'd rather move on to something along the lines of PopOS or Mint.
The only thing to note, is for win10 an SSD and at least 8GB RAM is a must for anything newer than v1507. There were way too many SSD optimizations that made it near-unusable on mechanical HDD.

I'd like to chip in here with my recommendation against things like AtlasOS, Tiny10 or any sort of "performance boosting" scripts. More often than not they're made by enthusiasts ripping large portions of the OS out by brute force without understanding what dependencies it has or serves (and sometimes they can't know because Microsoft don't document it). You might get more performance, sure, but it won't be worth the problems you run into later when you're missing vital component X. Cut down versions of Windows have been a thing since the XP days and they've all had the same sort of problems.

I understand that some power users are able to deal with the above and of course it is your hardware and your choice, I just generally recommend against such "panaceas" based on a lot of experience with their detriments (and cleaning up the mess).

I agree with the LTSC idea (if you can get a hold of it, mumble mumble). Otherwise a Linux distro like Debian or Fedora with a lighter DE like XFCE (or even Plasma) will do the trick.

 

[Mussels]

I'd like to chip in here with my recommendation against things like AtlasOS, Tiny10 or any sort of "performance boosting" scripts. More often than not they're made by enthusiasts ripping large portions of the OS out by brute force without understanding what dependencies it has or serves (and sometimes they can't know because Microsoft don't document it). You might get more performance, sure, but it won't be worth the problems you run into later when you're missing vital component X. Cut down versions of Windows have been a thing since the XP days and they've all had the same sort of problems.

I understand that some power users are able to deal with the above and of course it is your hardware and your choice, I just generally recommend against such "panaceas" based on a lot of experience with their detriments (and cleaning up the mess).

I agree with the LTSC idea (if you can get a hold of it, mumble mumble). Otherwise a Linux distro like Debian or Fedora with a lighter DE like XFCE (or even Plasma) will do the trick.

One that is reliable and so far not insane with power, has the awful name of BloatyNosyApp

I still heavily advise against running it with all boxes ticked, as it makes changes you may not want
This screenshot is a good example, I don't want hidden files or extensions always on or disabling the visual effects - but most of those sound pretty good.

Unlike the ones that compete to debloat the most, this ones quite good to untick that first box, and remove only what you want removed

This "bloatware" is where it can go wrong, as they can uninstall things you manually installed or want to keep. I want my netflix and its 4K HEVC codec.
This final 'right click' option is what sold me on it, as the others would remove *EVERYTHING* from the microsoft store, or even the store itself - not just the preinstalled bloat, but apps I had manually installed

 

[SchumannFrequency]

Is it true that Procore is cloud based and that you can use it via a browser?

Some 'low difficulty systems' I can recommend: mageia, Nobara Project, MX Linux, Mint (XFCE), GhostBSD
If you have decent computer skills and don't mind reading the manual sometimes: Devuan, Void Linux, Artix Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine Linux

I think windows10 is going to be (much) slower than the above systems on this hardware.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Is it true that Procore is cloud based and that you can use it via a browser?

Some 'low difficulty systems' I can recommend: mageia, Nobara Project, MX Linux, Mint (XFCE), GhostBSD
If you have decent computer skills and don't mind reading the manual sometimes: Devuan, Void Linux, Artix Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine Linux

I think windows10 is going to be (much) slower than the above systems on this hardware.

AFAIK, Nobara requires a recent GPU, as it's a gaming centric distro. Regular Fedora may be a better pick on a GTX 285 (15 year old GPU)

 

[theFOoL]

OK guy's Hello... I'm running WiN11 on my 775 Build with a crappy R5 430 2GB (soon 1050Ti 2GB)

 

[SchumannFrequency]

AFAIK, Nobara requires a recent GPU, as it's a gaming centric distro. Regular Fedora may be a better pick on a GTX 285 (15 year old GPU)

The Nvidia driver installer provided by Nobara only installs the latest Nvidia driver version available. Nvidia cards which are not supported by this driver will not work and are not supported.

They can make nouveau the default for Nvidia GPUs older than 12 years. You can still run light games like OpenArena with nouveau on these old GPU's.
But I also wonder if you are going to use the proprietary drivers for this type of card. They have not received security updates for years and are therefore unsafe to use.

The nouveau driver may be a safer choice that may also work better with recent Linux distributions.
There are certainly users of that GPU who currently use it with nouveau because they have problems with the proprietary driver.

 

[wNotyarD]

For a fire-and-forget functional and lightweight OS, I'd just get either Xubuntu/Ubuntu MATE LTS, or XFCE/MATE Rocky Linux.

 

[AusWolf]

That depends on how much RAM you have in the system. With 4 GB or more, Windows 10 should work. With less, I'd rather use Linux.

There's a 32-bit edition of Windows 10 for less-than 4 GB systems, but it's almost as heavy on RAM usage as the standard, 64-bit version, so it's quite pointless, imo.

 

[Deleted member 229121]

My parents old PC with an x4 940 / 8GB RAM (just retired) was running full fat Win 10 just fine.