Best OS for Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM?

[phoenixstopmotions]

Hello,
I recently acquired an old core 2 duo, Newberry lake mobo, 2gb RAM. I was thinking of repurposing it as a htpc to stream 1080p video from youtube and Netflix. I think putting a cheap gpu in there to offload video decode will make it good for this role. Only thing is I'm not sure what OS to put on it, as I'm not going to even try to use Windows Vista that is on it at the minute. Would this computer handle Windows 7/10? Note the mobo has a max of 2gb ram. Thanks for your help!

 

[mwryder55]

While Windows 7 can run with 2 GB of memory you might run into low memory and paging problems depending on the programs, including updates, you are using. I would not even try it with Windows 10.

 

[guanyu210379]

XP is already dead
Win7 will be dead soon
Newer Windows, your 2GB RAM seems to be a bit too small.
I would grab Linux. Linux Mint is the most user friendly in my opinion but you can take Ubuntu, etc. as you like.

 

[SkyNetRising]

With windows 10 there might be driver issues. You can try and see, if you can resolve them.
Windows 7 will run fine on that.