I've tried literally everything, Debian, Arch Linux 32x, Void, and nothing works. The only stuff I've tested and it actually ran was Windows XP and ancient Ubuntu.
The laptop model is a Compaq Presario 2100, with 1 GB of RAM. I think the processor is a Celeron but I can't remember which one, but it has 2000 MHz.
i found a way to see it. on the post, hover "more", then click "copy url to fediverse". it's edibleweeds@lemmy.world .