Linux version for elderly slow laptop

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 07 November 2014 05:48:40 Uriah Heep did opine
And Gene did reply:
> 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?

I have an older Mint 14 on my old hp with a single core turion cpu at 
1.4ghz.  Considering the age of that DV5120us, it runs fairly well.
So you might take a look at the latest Min, 17 IIRC.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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