Basically, I have a 2014 computer with 4 GB of RAM, and I’m wondering whether to use Arch, EndeavourOS, or openSUSE. I really want to try Rice and use Hyprland, but that will be my second distro. The computer is a secondary one, so it’s no big deal if it breaks.
I would go with Arch and i3. Dont use archinstall. Do it the hard way and you will learn alot about linux.
i found sway to be more performant than i3 on my core 2 duo machine, though tbf i prefer the default config of i3
True, but not things you will use day to day. With such a little machine, I would go with EndeavourOS with i3 or sway and build it up from there.