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RE: Try Linux For Free By Creating A Bootable Thumb Drive - A No Commitment Tutorial For Absolute Beginners by stortebeker

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· @stortebeker ·
Awesome post, @winstonalden! This is about just the thing I was pondering: I've got an old laptop I've had forever, still operating (more or less) on Windows XP. Other than the operating system, the machine works well, it's only old. But from what I've heard and read, it's 1.66 GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM is not enough for Mint. Instead I've been recommended Lubuntu or Ubuntu 32 bit. I'd be interested in what you think. Is it worth going against all the odds and try Mint? If not, which one of the other two options would you suggest? I appreciate any suggestion! :-)
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@winstonalden ·
It looks like you might be alright with Linux Mint. It runs great on an ancient Asus Eee netbook that has less resources than you describe. 

That being said, Lubuntu will probably run quickest on an old PC like yours. As you probably know, it uses the LXDE desktop, which is extremely light on resource usage. Lubuntu is about the smallest fully-featured, ready to go distribution out there. And it'll run with just 128 MB of RAM.

If you're feeling adventurous, you can give Puppy Linux a try someday. It's meant to run from a CD or USB and loads everything into RAM so once it's running you're not using the hard drive at all. (Of course you can still save your files to any mounted drive.) And it has tools for updating your boot media with persistent changes when you shut down. I've had trouble getting wifi to work on some old laptops, but over ethernet it's lightning fast.

So glad my post was some help to you!
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@stortebeker ·
Oh, it was amazing help! I've heard these bits and pieces of info before (except the one about Puppy Linux, which I have to check out too) but putting them together in a context is a different matter. So I think I'll abandon the idea of the 32-bit Ubuntu (never liked the idea anyway, as 32-bit systems and 32-bit processors are on the way out, from what I've heard), and instead take my chance with Mint. :-) Should there be any trouble, I'll still have Lubuntu prepared on my other USB drive.

This is so exciting! Thank you so much for helping. I've read a bit about Linux, and tried them on USB sticks, but it always came down to taking that final leap of saying goodbye to XP and installing it. I'll let you know how it worked. :-)
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@winstonalden ·
As long as you have a 64 bit processor there's no reason to install a 32 bit OS - it doesn't really make a difference in performance.

Let me know how it goes!
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