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Linux for a Turion X2
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I'd bet that arch is a good choice. It's really lightweight, and great for learning about the console, managing packages, etc.
Also, arch is way less intimidating than its reputation suggests; especially on a secondary PC, where you can just run off to your main PC to look at the arch wiki.
Other than that, I suppose something like AntiX would probably run not-terrible on it as well.
It's only light if you configure it to be. It can be as heavy or as light as you want it to be, but it's a good place to learn and experiment, as it's comparatively trivial to switch stuff around. Arch wiki is probably the best Linux resource out there.