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Is there a Linux program that will work on my old Toshiba Satellite A 105 laptop? A friend loaded Peppermint 10 on it, but the program runs unacceptably slowly. We think Peppermint is too advanced for this old computer. Is that true? What program might work better?
It would help if you posted your CPU, ram, and what type of drive you are using in it (hard drive, SATA II/III SSD, something else). I'm going to ASSUME it's pretty low spec, so to throw out an unusual suggestion, I'll say q4os. Based on the Trinity desktop, which is a fork of the old KDE 3.5, it's super lightweight and fast while still being quite full featured.
Distribution: Mainly Devuan, antiX, & Void, with Tiny Core, Fatdog, & BSD thrown in.
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AntiX, or similar lightweight distro should work reasonably well on those specs - I use a 2008 Satellite Pro (1.2GHZ Celeron with 2GB ram). It works quite well, if a little slow on the internet, but does everything else no problem.
Thank you for your answers to my question. I have uninstalled Peppermint, which was unacceptably slow.
I reinstalled Windows XP and my original Toshiba installation.
I don't get on the Internet. Just use my computer for notating music on Finale 2012.
Seems to be working now.
Praise God!
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Toshiba Satellite A105
