[ubuntu-za] Old(ish) Laptop

[Jaco Stroebel]

Good morning Bill, Everyone,

Something worth keeping in mind with such an old laptop (and certainly the
2009 HP Compaq that I have) is that the OS might be lightweight, but the
software is not necessarily. I've had trouble with browsers especially,
that just tear through the RAM. So depending on the usecase, it might turn
out somewhat frustrating to use.

Jaco Stroebel
gremble

On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 09:55 Karl Fischer, <kmf at fischer.org.za> wrote:

> Hi Bill
>
> You could try and use Ubuntu Mate,
> It comes with a great set of pre installed software
> and is very light on resources.
>
> Karl
> -------------------
> Karl Fischer
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>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an oldish (2006) Lenova Thinkpad laptop which I am thinking of
> > upgrading from XP to Ubuntu. It has a fairly decent configuration: Intel
> > Core 2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00 GHz 777 MHz 0.99 GB of RAM. 80 GB drive.
> >
> > What flavour of Ubuntu would you recommend? I would prefer a full Ubuntu
> > system using Unity but am worried that I might be pushing too hard. I
> have
> > run Xubuntu happily in the past but have no experience of any of the
> other
> > possibilities.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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