>>I don't suppose there are any Linuxes around that are usable on a 2-4 gig 32-bit box?<<
Debian, certainly, or any Ubuntu up to and including 16.04. 2G works unexpectedly well, especially with a lightweight desktop (e.g. LXDE on Lubuntu). I have a laptop with 1G of RAM dual-booting Lubuntu and XP Pro; it kind of sucks for video but other than that it's pretty usable. With 4G you could run Windows in VirtualBox.
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Debian, certainly, or any Ubuntu up to and including 16.04. 2G works unexpectedly well, especially with a lightweight desktop (e.g. LXDE on Lubuntu). I have a laptop with 1G of RAM dual-booting Lubuntu and XP Pro; it kind of sucks for video but other than that it's pretty usable. With 4G you could run Windows in VirtualBox.