Which Ubuntu?

[Rolf Grunsky]

On 2022-11-15 15:19, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 2:46 PM Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am working on some seriously old and slow laptops that have been given to a charity I'm volunteering for. They have slow hard discs and not that much memory (i.e. 1GiB upwards).
>>
>> I'm looking for an Ubuntu variant that does not mind running on low-end hardware. Any suggestions?
>>
>> The computers will be given to people attending an I.T. tuition session.
> 
> Lubuntu is the lightweight version of Ubuntu that some folks use for
> low resource machines. https://lubuntu.net .
> 
> Jeff
> 
I have Lubuntu 20.04 running on a Dell 2120 netbook. A dual core, four 
thread Atom processor with 2G of memory. It runs Calibre and Open 
Office. It doesn't run them quickly but they run fast enough. I put a 1T 
drive in it since I will using it as my “Juke Box”, connected to my amp 
through a USB D/A. All the tracks are FLAC and there are over a thousand 
discs.

Actually I have three of these and as soon as I get Digital Editions 
running with wine I can drop Windows 7 entirely.

Rolf
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