I have used XP, and have no experience with Linux.

I am considering switching to linux if I can find a distro that is not complicated and will run faster on my old laptop with the following spec:
Dell Latitude D600
1..6 Ghx Pentium M processor
1 GB RAM
20 GB hard drive
Mobile Radeon 9000 video
Sigma Tell C-Major Audio
Dell True Mobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI card

I use the laptop for PDF, wordprocessing, surfing the internet, watching the odd flash video, scanning, printing, photograph, and CD burning.
I will need some regular help in learning how to use Linux.

If me. I have a IBM T23 with about the same specs minus the AMD and mine is 1.2 GHZ intel cpu.

The AntiX 15 Beta 2 is about to be replaced soon with Anticapitalista uploading a new Beta real soon.

So if you can wait. I would go AntiX 15 next release or wait till 15 goes final. You will be helping our team
though by installing and reporting the results on our forum though. Problem is. Beta 1 needs to be downloaded and Beta 2 delta next.
Md5sum check both. Then xdelta the patch to the beta 1 iso. So I guess I am just jaw jacking and going no-where fast here.

which is too bad. Because once you learn AntiX. It is like comfort food for old gear. You can move on to other distros also
with some confidence on knowing your way around using linux also. Old gear is a challenge when it comes to simple, no clue on what is going on, type of computer user. Easy gui stuff is heavy on resources. So Hmmmmm.

Maybe?

http://www.bodhilinux.com/ >>>>32 bit iso, fits on cd.

But some other member here with experience needs to weigh in on this. Just another one that may help or not



Fluxbox or Openbox edition recommended>>>> http://www.slackel.gr/slackelmulti/x...p?lang=english >>>>Comes with a gui installer and fits on cd. Fits on cd is a must I think. Has Gslapt package manager and can be used by a begineer I would think.

A few weeks ago I installed Lubuntu on a laptop with similar specs, worked just fine and was no problem for the lady I did this for (also accustomed to XP before) to use.

I think AntiX 13.2 may be a suitable distro to try, it is a live/installable, meaning you can try it out without installing it.

http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
& their forum http://antix.freeforums.org/

Thanks for the suggestion.

Do you know if AntiX and MX-14 are able to squeeze onto a CD which I think will hold 700mb? I understand that MX-14 may be easier for a beginner.

http://usalug.com/phpBB3//viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16386


If MX-14 fits the bill. By all means use it. both are fitted on a cd disk. Though later on MX-14 plans on not fitting on a cd anymore. AntiX will stay with cd boundries how ever.

Edit: with MX-14. Be sure and use the non-pae 32 iso download link and always md5sum isos after download to check file integrity.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

so you know what I am talking about. They cover windows in the above link.

Thanks again for this information.

I read with interest the memory usage of MX-14. Does AntiX use less memory? Is AntiX very hard to learn to use?

Yes. It uses under 100MB of ram after login on a idle desktop.

Look at my profile. Do I look like a computer geek? Depends on you on how hard something is to learn. Because learning new things
is a personal thing. Youtube will hold your hand when it comes to using MX-14 or AntiX.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFW...KlXW5uE9opXukQ

Thanks again.

This looks like great resource for learning how to use the OS.

That computer will be fine for the things you're planning: my old Thinkpad is very similar. I'd endorse the choice of AntiX or AntiX MX. The ordinary AntiX was intended for very small computers: you can run a browser in about 128MB! But MX isn't greedy: it will use about 120MB for the system, so you'll have plenty of room for the programs.

MX uses the Xfce desktop, which is my favourite and very easy to use:
http://www.xfce.org/

The plain AntiX uses Icewm, which was the first GUI I ever had!
http://www.icewm.org/FAQ/
http://www.icewm.org/manual/