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http://www.toshiba.co.il/en/discontinued-products/satellite-a100-785/

 

I have this old Toshiba laptop laying around and I figured I install Linux on it and learn it's devious ways. This laptop is utter crap spec-wise.

 

- Intel® Core™ Duo processor

- 1.86 GHz

- 1 GB DDR2 RAM only!

- no video card, shares 128 MB from system memory

 

And this poor thing came installed with Vista! It was absolute crap even while it was brand new.

 

I don't know anything about Linux though. Is there a lightweight distro that would we suitable for this laptop?

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mint would most likely be your best bet

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If you install 2 gb ram this thing will run Windows 7/8 fine but if you want Linux I can reccomend mint or Ubuntu and if Ubuntu is too heavy try Lubuntu.





 
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Linux mint xfce is perfect for my netbook (specs below).

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 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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Xubuntu.

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Xubuntu, Lubuntu, and Mint. How would you compare them in terms of their complexity?

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I think mint has the more windows like layout so it is the easiest. Lubuntu is really simplified but also not very pretty. Idk about xubuntu

Main PC:

ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, 
 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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i love Xubuntu more than Ubuntu tbh.... so far its my favorite Linux distro pretty much.

 

Xubuntu is very fast, its pretty, and you can still get a good bit of work done.

 

 

Though I have never gotten into the debian/bsd or other world.

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Xubuntu.

 

I have decided to go with Xubuntu first and see if I like it.

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Even on super GUI heavy distros, the system requirements for Linux are quite light so, run whatever interests you. I'll recommend both Ubuntu and Mint as they have very large user communities and are well documented. I would strongly recommend you try to work within the shell as much as possible for the first several weeks. 

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Even on super GUI heavy distros, the system requirements for Linux are quite light so, run whatever interests you. I'll recommend both Ubuntu and Mint as they have very large user communities and are well documented. I would strongly recommend you try to work within the shell as much as possible for the first several weeks. 

 

Isn't Xubuntu fully compatible with Ubuntu?

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Isn't Xubuntu fully compatible with Ubuntu?

 

All flavors of Linux use the same kernel, the only real difference is the software packages installed on top. So in that sense, yes, they are compatible. 

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I would go with Manjaro Linux with either XFCE or OpenBox.  I recommend Manjaro because it is an Arch Base and learning Arch is the best way to learn Linux.

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