Jan, On the travelmate you could probably look at either Lubuntu or Xubunutu, the two Ubuntu flavours that use lxde and xfce, respectively. If the atom is capable of running Windows 7, it would probably also run either of those comfortably with some memory to spare. The main issue that I have with low memory machines is browsing. Both chrome and Firefox have a nasty tendency to gobble RAM. Running wine and in illustration program like CorelDraw may also lead to memory hiccups from time to time. Or, at least, that is what I would expect. See what happens and report back. Regards, Jaco P.S. I accidentally responded directly instead of to the list. So this is a repost. My apologies. <div class="gmail_quote">On 2 May 2015 11:33, "Jan Greeff" <<a href="mailto:jan@verslank.net">jan@verslank.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Many thanks Jaco, that helps a lot. Is there a specific Linux OS that you can recommend which will run on that old ACER Travelmate? Best wishes, Jan <pre cols="72"> </pre> <div>On 01/05/2015 18:20, Jaco Stroebel wrote: </div> <blockquote type="cite"> Hey Jan, Yes to all of those. Mint does run some of their own repositories, but mostly piggyback on Ubuntu. In terms of software compatibility, if you use the packages that you are familiar with, i.e. Thunderbird, banshee or whichever, the usage is distro independent. So you should be fully equipped to handle a mint based problem using your skills refined in Ubuntu. In fact, you'll probably not be completely lost on any Debian based machine. <div class="gmail_quote">On 1 May 2015 18:05, "Jan Greeff" <<a href="mailto:jan@verslank.net" target="_blank">jan@verslank.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi there all, I think that it's my own fault I did not get any replies to the question in the mail below, I was not very specific about what I need. The questions that I have are: 1. How different is Mint from Ubuntu? I will have to help him, so will the fact that I am reasonably au-fait with Ubuntu enable me to help him, for example, to migrate his e-mails and address list fromWin to Mint? 2. Does Mint store directory files in similar fashion to Ubuntu? 3. Does Ubuntu and Mint share the same software repositories? 4. What version of Linux will run on the ACER Travelmate computer? 5. Will Virtualbox install in Mint in similar fashion to Ubuntu? Best wishes, Jan <div> Good day all, I would like some advice, please, for a friend who is looking to migrate to a Linux system. He is currently operating an ACER Travelmate 4150 on Windows XP, using an Intel Pentium M760 processor (2MB L2 cache, 2.0GHz, 533MHz F58) and using 48GB of the 60GB hard drive. He also has an ACER Aspire One D257 Netbook running on Windows 7 Starter with an Intel Atom N455 processor (1.66GHz, 512KB cache) and 2 GB DDR3 memory, a 320GB hard drive (using 85.2GB) In addition, he is using two 1 TB external drives, one for backups and one for transferring data from one machine to the other. He uses CorelDraw X3 a lot and this is essential. He admits to being loathe to adapt to a different graphics program. Inputs will be appreciated very much. Jan </div> </div> -- ubuntu-za mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote></div>