As a test I dusted off an old rpi1 I used as a kodi box a loooong time ago, hooked up some Jabra speaker and WiFi adapter (no onboard wifi on the pi1) and miraculously it actually pinged back when I tried its mDNS name only problem is I only allow ssh PKI logins and I don’t have any device that still has access keys.
So, my question is, what should I flash on the sdcard (it’s an 8GB one)? What linux distro is well suited for the job described in earlier posts?