Hi guys,
I just inherited an old laptop that I'm fixing up. Since it's old, I don't feel like wasting a Win 7 license on it and I was thinking of putting on Linux.
I'm not too knowledgeable with Linux, so ease of use is a factor here. I was leaning toward Ubuntu because I've used it before.
Can anyone recommend something a bit better?
Thanks
Laptop:
Toshiba Satellite L-200
AMD TK-57 Dual Core
4 GB RAM
250 GB HDD
Well some people here did talk about the Zorin OS here a couple of months/weeks ago.
It's really close to what the M$W universe looks like so maybe it would suit your needs?
I personally like Linux mint, I would try the XFCE edition it uses less resource's
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Almost all distro's will have a XFCE edition
I have a colleague at work who uses Mint. He seems to have to do an awful lot of typing of obscure commands in order to get anything done.
It's one of the reasons that I have avoided Linux for this long, other than playing with Ubuntu on an older laptop.
Zorin OS 11 Core 64 Bit
Zorin OS - Tour
Zorin OS - Download
Zorin OS - Home
or 9
Zorin OS - Download
[trying to be a smarty-pants]
Using a lot of commands in linux terminal usually means he is either trying to overthrow a small Government or he is being really sneaky and using Bash to view new posts on Reddit at work[/trying to be a smarty-pants]Code:content=$(wget reddit.com -q -O -) echo $content
Linux has come a long way and there is not really any need to learn how to code, Like windows you can start all your programs from an icon or what we would call the start menu.
Trying Zorin. Thanks AddRAM. And Boris! :)
EDIT: Oh boy, a four hour download... lol
Last edited by Mellon Head; 13 Apr 2016 at 17:11.
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