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Hello,
I took a Linux class a few years ago and barely passed it. Much harder than the Windows class I took, but much more interesting as well. I remember the instructor whose been familiar with Linux for around 30 years stating, he didn't consider himself an expert and shyed away from calling anyone a "Linux Expert."
Anyway, I've been on this planet a few years and have purchased computers long enough to notice a particular OS that I'm accustomed to becoming nearly nonfunctional and/or making your hardware obsolete a few years after purchase; just in time for the latest OS and subsequent faster processors, larger RAM, etc. to become available.
So, I'm here both as a hobby and to save myself from having to buy a new computer every three to five years.

Hi...

Welcome to the forum :)

I can relate, Linux is partly the reason why I can still keep my seven year old laptop running as snappy as when I first received it. :)

Regards...

Good to know. That's very much encouraging. I'm hoping I won't have too much trouble with my ASUS netbook with one Gig of RAM.
I wanted to PM you, but didn't see it as an option on your profile. Is there no PMing here?
God bless, either way.

Hi...

And may God bless you, too! :) No, I think in order to PM, you have to have a certain number of posts, unfortunately, I don't know what that number is.

Just FYI, with a gig of memory, I would go with a more lightweight distribution, perhaps something like Zorin 9 Lite, MX-14, or Lubuntu, to name a few. ;)

Regards...

Thanx
 

Oh, thank you so much; that was a question I was going to ask.

You're welcome, let us know what you settle on. :)

Regards...

I was going with Zorin 9 Lite; I like that its made for beginners. So far not having a good time typing with it though. Having trouble setting partitions. Set "/" at 200000 and swap at 50000; installation failed.
Everytime I type cursor jumps across screen :(
Note: Installing ISO from Hard Disk; no USB or CD. Will probably try to install from USB later. No disc drive.

Ok, let us know how that turns out or with any of the other distributions.... :)

Regards...

Welcome aboard.
I have netbooks & they run anything I like, (1Gb ram, 1.6GHz Atom processor).
You might like to consider my favourite distros, http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page