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Would appreciate any input as to which distros will work with this laptop with minimum fuss and muss. Dual core 1 gig ram. Currently running(kind of) what appears to be a broken Windows Vista basic. Any input much appreciated.
Why XFCE? I like it and use it regularly, but that machine should have no trouble with Gnome or KDE.
I have the impression that many recent distros (that use the latest kernels) are much better with laptops compared to maybe 5 years ago.
Currently running Arch/XFCE on my Lenovo (Core i5, 4G RAM) with no issues. I've had the same configuration on a P3 with 192M RAM, so I'd think 1G RAM would be more than adequate.
True. Any of them would do, depends what the user wants i suppose. I suggested Xfce mainly because my netbook used to run on 1gb RAM, gnome3 distro's took up a chunk of the resources when i had to upgrade from a gnome2 distibution, Xfce although different at first works nicely on it. But yeah definitely any of the other Desktop environments will work especially since the laptop would be a bit more powerful than my netbook .
Installed Ubuntu 12.X LTS and it works fine, including wireless. I then installed Linux Mint 13 "Cinnamon" alongside letting the installer re-size Ubuntu and all worked flawlessly. Much easier than just a few years ago.
Installed Ubuntu 12.X LTS and it works fine, including wireless. I then installed Linux Mint 13 "Cinnamon" alongside letting the installer re-size Ubuntu and all worked flawlessly. Much easier than just a few years ago.
I agree, the usability in some Linux based Distributions is improving big time. Glad you got everything up and running.
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