[ubuntu-za] What to install on an oldish HP Pavillion dv6500 Notebook

[Karl Fischer]

Hello!

I think you should consider Ubuntu-Mate,
You'll have to however expand a little on the "Windows" formats statement.
what do you use the computer for?

Karl

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Karl Fischer
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:48 AM, SHAWN REITSTEIN <shawnreit at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi - I'm considering installing Ubuntu on this HP Pavillion - rather than
> the Vista which is on it now.
> Can someone please advise me which Ubuntu version might be best suited -
> Ideally one that is 100% compatible with handling input and output to
> Windows formats.
>
> Thanks Shawn - the notebooks specs follow:
>
> OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
> Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
> Other OS Description Not Available
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name REITSTEIN-PC
> System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
> System Model HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
> System Type x64-based PC
> Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7100  @ 1.80GHz, 1801 Mhz, 2
> Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
> BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard F.57, 2008/05/21
> SMBIOS Version 2.4
> Windows Directory C:\Windows
> System Directory C:\Windows\system32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale South Africa
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
> User Name Reitstein-PC\Reitstein Pc
> Time Zone South Africa Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 2 037.81 MB
> Available Physical Memory 420.27 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 4.21 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 2.30 GB
> Page File Space 2.28 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
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