Need a simple Linux distro for school pc

iFuze · 02-26-2014, 03:03 AM

So I've a quite bad school pc that can't handle W7. So I want to install a Linux distro but there's quite many of them. I have tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Crunchbang and Elementary OS: Luna. But none wasan't good for my school pc.

The Linux distro must be a very simple one. All I really need is:

Search the web for information / Social sites
Using DropBox / Google Drive
Can handle a word program

sadiqdm · 02-26-2014, 08:35 AM

What is the specification of your school PC? If it is not a very high spec, there may be better options.

Ubuntu is usually good with older hardware. Did you try the XFCE version? I have openSUSE 12.3 or 13.1 on all my kit - 2 desktops with 12.3, one laptop with 12.3 (an olde Dell Inspiron 1300), and one with 13.1 - all using KDE 4. I also have an Acer ONE netbook running 13.1 with the XFCE desktop.

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DavidMcCann · 02-26-2014, 11:40 AM

You say you've tried four Linux distros and they weren't good. Tell us why they weren't good: did they fail to install, fail to work properly, or what? And give us the specifications of your PC: how much memory has it got, what's the CPU? We should be able to help you if you give us the right information, but we can't solve a problem if we don't know what it is!

darry1966 · 03-03-2014, 08:39 PM

There is a newish distro geared towards older hardware called Anitaos it is downloaded as a basic iso and you add what you want it is a fork of Puppy Linux unleashed 4.12

http://sourceforge.net/projects/anitaos/

The current stable builds here http://sourceforge.net/projects/anit...ANITAOS%20ISO/

Emerson · 03-03-2014, 08:58 PM

Lubuntu. Easy on resources, easy to manage. Even easier on resources would be Gentoo running plain Openbox or Fluxbox as WM ... not for beginners, though.