Old Netbook - OS suggestions please
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My mother has a Dell Inspiron 1210 Netbook. It's a bit old, and she'll be getting a replacement at Christmas.
It's an Atom processor, 80GB HDD, with 1GB RAM - hardly going to set the world alight.
It had XP, but was sluggish. I've tried Ubuntu 14 and Mint 13 and they're both still a bit slow (35 second boot up!).
I don't expect miracles, but a reasonable boot up, ability to use a web browser and ideally Open Office or Libre office to be able to read the odd Word doc.
Suggestions for a linux distro?
TIA
It's an Atom processor, 80GB HDD, with 1GB RAM - hardly going to set the world alight.
It had XP, but was sluggish. I've tried Ubuntu 14 and Mint 13 and they're both still a bit slow (35 second boot up!).
I don't expect miracles, but a reasonable boot up, ability to use a web browser and ideally Open Office or Libre office to be able to read the odd Word doc.
Suggestions for a linux distro?
TIA
Podie said:
ZesPak said:
Lubuntu or Mint
Tried Mint and it was a bit slow.... giving Lubuntu a go. Puppy is a bit too light.- Mint
- Windows 8
- Ubuntu
- Windows 7 starter
- Windows XP
Edited by ZesPak on Friday 29th August 10:35
ZesPak said:
kept complaining that the resolution of the netbook was too low. It was a paltry 1024x600 though, so can't really point any fingers to Windows.
FWIW, that can sometimes be overcome - depends on the graphics driver being used:http://www.howtogeek.com/134022/how-to-run-modern-...
Hoofy said:
Interesting. As an idiot, will I succeed in installing AndroidX86?
Possibly. If there is an ISO which supports your netbook/laptop then you can just create a new partition on you hard disk and dual boot windows/android which is how most people run it. It's relatively simple to do. plasticpig said:
Possibly. If there is an ISO which supports your netbook/laptop then you can just create a new partition on you hard disk and dual boot windows/android which is how most people run it. It's relatively simple to do.
Thanks! Will have to see if I have any disk space left.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff