I tested Omega Linux to see if it can revitalize an old PC, and it made Ubuntu distributions look bad

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Omega Linux is a lightweight Linux distro.
• Based on Arch, Omega is a rolling release.
• Omega is free to install and use.

Do you have an old PC lying around just waiting to serve as your secondary desktop machine, or a way to take your first steps with Linux? 

Maybe you want to skip the Ubuntu track and go with a Linux distribution that is regularly updated, lightweight, blazingly fast, and incredibly reliable. If that's the case, don't overlook Omega Linux.

Omega Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution that was created to be an OS perfectly suited for older, lesser-powered hardware. This distro can run on:

• 1GB of RAM
• 1 core CPU at 1.5 GHz
• 15GB of storage

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