Linux version for elderly slow laptop

[Felix Miata]

Uriah Heep composed on 2014-11-07 05:48 (UTC-0500):

> This post is obviously not specific to Kubuntu but as I use kubuntu on my
> other computers and list members have been friendly and helpful in the past
> I thought I might get suggestions here.

> I have one elderly slow laptop currently running Kubuntu 14.04 but I
> suspect this machine might be better served with a Linux with lighter
> resource demands but still with a GUI.

> Suggestions please?

Sometimes the power a machine has is wasted on frivolity. Before trying other
DEs, try globally disabling the bling. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf include the
following

	Section "Extensions"
        	Option "Composite" "Disable"
	EndSection

That might be all the help it needs.

What CPU type and speed does it have? How much RAM? What gfxchip does it
have? (lspci | grep VGA)
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