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Originally Posted by Quoth
The last 32 bit Linux Mint is 19.3 and it works fine 2G RAM.
I run 64 bit Linux Mint 20.1 + Mate desktop and used a free MS Tool to image my actual XP laptop and Win 7 pc and have them as files for OpenBox VM on Linux. The tool will work on an EFI/UEFI bios PC as long as the windows is using legacy BIOS mode boot.
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If you want a more modern version of 32-bit Linux (Linux Mint 19.3 will reach end of life in April next year) you might want to try one of the Debian 11, non-free, live 32-bit installs (including one for Mate). Installs and looks just like Linux Mint but a little lighter because it doesn't have MintUpdate or Synaptics (by default). So instead you just use sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade, etc. The Debian install will have newer libraries (which is its advantage).
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/u...86/iso-hybrid/
debian-live-11.2.0-i386-mate+nonfree.iso - is the one I used (except the last time I downloaded it was for version 10).
But there's a decent chance that the OP's computer will support 64-bit Linux even if he's running 32-bit Windows 7.
EDIT: Should mention "non-free" isn't referring to the cost of the Debian download, it means that ISO includes proprietary firmware which is "non-free" in that you can't copy it or reuse it. Debian is big on trying
not to use anything that's not freely copy-able. I, personally, would rather have a good proprietary driver that worked well than than a hacked one that may or may not work well. For a long time Debian wouldn't use Firefox (for example) for similar reasons. They recompiled it and called it (I think) IceWeasel. For some reason they changed their mind on this a few years back.