Running Ubuntu on a netbook or other low-end computer

[ronz91]

I like Mint XFCE a bit more, quite the same as Lubuntu, just that all codecs and usefull stuff is already installed. Have it on my old lenovo netbook, works great.

Whats the specs on the Lenovo?

 

[beans100]

Whats the specs on the Lenovo?

1ghz atom, 1gb ram, 160gb hdd
Lenovo S10, bought in beginning 2009

 

[ronz91]

1ghz atom, 1gb ram, 160gb hdd
Lenovo S10, bought in beginning 2009

wow sounds awesome

 

[HermanTheGerman]

Nicest distro I found so far for weakling hardware is LXLE http://lxle.net/. That's a better, fancier version of Lubuntu. Alternatively, if you wanna break away from the world of *buntu how about a Arch-based LXQt distro? https://antergos.com/ That stuff is like superduper speedy.

 

[johangwbasson]

Try pointlinux mate edition. I run it on my hp mini. Works well.

 

[konfab]

Do you really need Ubuntu? I used Puppy linux on my EEE PC and it was very fast, even off an SD card.

 

[ponder]

ArchBang Linux

I love this distro on older/lightweight hardware, it feels like you got a hardware upgrade.

 

[HermanTheGerman]

I like Mint XFCE a bit more, quite the same as Lubuntu.

Naaaw, not really.

Mint Xfce = Xubuntu

LXLE, LXQt = Lubuntu

Mint and *buntu are basically the same, only difference is that Mint comes with ralleystripes, fairydust, goldglimmer and codecs and non-free drivers. Oh, and they make the most lovely implementatios of the DEs, as one can see when you compare Mint/MATE to Ubuntu/MATE. Mint's version is so much betterer and nicerer.

 

[ronz91]

thanks for the suggestions, will get down to it when I get time. Any laptops gng on special for 3k or less?