Which Ubuntu?

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:45:00 +0000 Ian Bruntlett wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am working on some seriously old and slow laptops that have been given to
> a charity I'm volunteering for. They have slow hard discs and not that much
> memory (i.e. 1GiB upwards).
> 
> I'm looking for an Ubuntu variant that does not mind running on low-end
> hardware. Any suggestions?

Install from a *server* image, and then install the xfce Desktop.  I don't 
think it really matters what version.  Note: newer versions don't include 
32-bit installers, so you will have to install an older version (I believe 
16.04 was the last version with a 32-bit installer image).

You *might* do better to just install Debian 10 and then the xfce Desktop.  
This might be a more lightweight combo.

If the laptops have easy enough to swap out hard drives and if they are SATA, 
you can get reasonably fast SSD SATA drives cheaply off e-Bay.  That might be 
a *cheap* way to up the performance some (and extend the life of the laptops).



> 
> The computers will be given to people attending an I.T. tuition session.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 

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