Re: [Trisquel-users] Need Help Switching From XP to GNU/Linux

[onpon4]

That'll be enough RAM to run Trisquel Mini (LXDE), though it won't be  
perfectly smooth necessarily (you should give yourself plenty of swap and use  
lightweight applications, especially a lightweight web browser). I also know  
from experience that the Pentium 4 is able to run LXDE just fine (my mom has  
an old computer with a Pentium 4; actually, it runs the normal Trisquel with  
GNOME, but I think LXDE is a better choice unless you need accessibility  
features).

Other than the stuff Trisquel includes by default (LibreOffice, web browser,  
email client, Pidgin, etc), it's hard to know what software to recommend. If  
you know what kind of software is most important to you and what you're used  
to, saying what it is would make recommending replacements much easier.