On the 2013 one i already had tried mint in live and it works good. the 2008 one has 2 sticks of ddr2 1gb (2gb total). i have two sticks of ddr3 of 2gb(4gb total) but i dont know if it will work, i think not but mabye trying. yeah btw i can use it as like retro games and lite distros just for the fun. Btw thank you very much ;)