After I posted I went Googleing and I found a page of fast and quick distros
http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/780781-6-excellent-lightweight-linux-distros-for-x86-and-arm
Elementary was there and I downloaded it. You are running it on old hardware?
At 05:21 PM 10/1/2014, you wrote:
Check out ElementaryOS as well.
http://elementaryos.org/
On 10/1/2014 5:59 PM, Winterlight wrote:
I have an old and slow IBM Thinkpad X41 Tablet.
Intel Pentium M (Dothan), L2 2 MB cache 1.5GHz LV (758)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
12.1" Super Wide Angle FFS TFT display with 1024x768 resolution
2GB PC2-4200 memory standard (non-removable)
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
CDC slot with one of the following:
IBM Integrated 56K Modem (MDC-2)
IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV with 56K Modem (BMDC-3)
MiniPCI slot with one of the following:
IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0
IBM Active Protection System
SD Card slot with IO support CardBus slot (Type 2)
Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus
Tablet Hardware Buttons
I have upgraded the RAM to a maximum 2GB as limited by the chipset.
It had a real odd Travelstar 1.8 inch hard drive that was a SATA
but was setup as a PATA... why I don't know but it was so slow it
killed the usefulness of the laptop. So with a little bit of
customization I was able to install a SSD to work and it is now
plenty fast enough to run win 7 pro, it's current OS. Well, as long
as I don't try to do anything that requires a decent graphics card.
But it is ok for simple stuff like email, browsing the internet,
winamp, using office, playing a game of chess.
I decided to run Linux on this laptop and hopefully find a new use
for it... or at least make it more interesting to play with. But
which Distro Ubunto or Mint? I have played around with Ubunto in a
VM and I like it, I just installed Mint in a VM and although I have
read great things about it from a usability standpoint I really
don't have the experience or knowledge in Linux to make a
decision.... so any Linux gurus in the collective that point me in
the right direction, warn me of pitfalls, or give me a good
comparison of what I can expect? I would hate to spend time setting
everything up only to find out I made the wrong decision.
Thanks
w
