[GTALUG] distro for old machine and non-expert users

Howard Gibson hgibson at eol.ca
Wed Dec 30 20:35:05 UTC 2015


Hugh,

   Ubuntyu allows you to install FVWM.  I am sure it will allow you to install other lightweight window managers.  I am running FVWM under Fedora.

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 13:42:45 -0500 (EST)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:

> Machine: old P4 with 1G of RAM an 80G HDD.
> Was running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
> 
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but Unity is a real pig with the 
> ancient Intel 865G graphics.  Any desktop that tries to use 3D 
> acceleration will be awful.  I strongly suspect Fedora's 
> Gnome would be bad.
> 
> Is there an easy choice?  Would Mint work?
> 
> The system should be self-explanatory to casual former Windows users.
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