I agree on the Mint "customs" as well. I also think you can take a look at Debian.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that PCLinuxOS is worth a look. It is complete and works well. > You might want a lighter desktop environment, though. You should > consider install Mint LXDE over Mint and antiX over MEPIS for example. > That will give you more resources for GIMP with the DE using less > overhead. GIMP either comes with most distros or is easily > installable. If you really want a fast system that you can build > yourself then try Arch. But you have to work from the commandline at > first. Fedora takes more work to set up than say Ubuntu, but it is > rewarding once you do. However, it is not a distro that is easy to > upgrade. If you want something upgradable then stick with an Ubuntu > derivative or one that is a rolling release such as Debian or Mint > Debian Edition (still experimental). > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > > On 6 January 2011 06:37, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this was the first post EVER to the LUG where the poster gave us > too > > much information! But that's is alright! I'd rather have too much than > the > > obligatory, "Which Linux version should I use?" question. Good on you > Tyler! > > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 22:32, Tyler Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes my > >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if > any > >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it > would > >> be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> > >> Property Value > >> Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation > >> Product Name Dimension 4300 > >> Serial Number 3G93X01 > >> Machine Type AT/AT COMPATIBLE > >> DMI System UUID 44454C4C-47001039-8033B3C0-4F583031 > >> Disk Space Disk C: 523 MB Available, 16379 MB Total, 523 MB Free > >> Disk D: 28 GB Available, 37 GB Total, 28 GB Free > >> Disk E: 467 MB Available, 2048 MB Total, 467 MB Free > >> Disk F: 1670 MB Available, 13251 MB Total, 1670 MB Free > >> Disk I: 454 MB Available, 3817 MB Total, 454 MB Free > >> Physical Memory 384 MB Total, 29 MB Free > >> Memory Load 92% > >> Virtual Memory 1916 MB Total, 1048 MB Free > >> PageFile Size 1568 MB > >> In use 460 MB > >> Max used 460 MB > >> Registry Size 4 MB (current), 54 MB (maximum) > >> The system clock interval 15 ms > >> > >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes my > >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if > any > >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it > would > >> be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Mother board: > >> Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation > >> Model Dimension 4300 > >> North Bridge Intel i845 Revision A3 > >> South Bridge Intel 82801BA (ICH2) Revision A3 > >> CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz > >> Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA > >> System Slots 4 PCI, 1 AGP > >> Memory Summary > >> Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes > >> Memory Slots 2 > >> Error Correction Single-bit ECC > >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes my > >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if > any > >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it > would > >> be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Property Value > >> Summary > >> Number of Logical Processors 1 > >> Number of Physical Processors 1 > >> CPU #1 Intel Pentium 4 > >> CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz > >> CPU Code Name Willamette > >> Vendor GenuineIntel > >> Number of Bits 32 > >> Instruction Set MMX, SSE, SSE2 > >> Platform Name Socket 478 mPGA > >> Revision C1 > >> Technology 0.18 µm > >> Original Clock 1500 MHz > >> Original System Clock 100 MHz > >> Original Multiplier 15.0 > >> CPU Clock 1495 MHz > >> System Clock 99.7 MHz > >> FSB 398.7 MHz > >> Number of Cores 1 > >> Core #1 > >> Speed 1495.2 MHz > >> Multiplier 15.0 > >> Virtual Technology Supported No > >> Hyper Threading Supported No > >> Cache > >> L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes > >> L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops > >> L2 Cache 256 KBytes > >> I hope this is enough information so that you all can help me and yes my > >> computer isn't the greatest it's a little older and Dell to boot.So if > any > >> one could help me pick which distro is right for me and my computer it > would > >> be greatly appreciated. > >> I almost forgot dealing with interest: > >> well I'm not very avid of a linux user as I would like to be so > Something > >> that was easy and helpful when it came to working with the linux machine > >> rather than just on it other than that I would like to get into some > >> programming with Java and Python mostly I really like Google's products > >> including almost especially there software(Chrome,Google Desktop, > Picasa, > >> Google Earth, and Sketchup) I also do some simple graphics design so > Gimp is > >> nice > >> other than that being lightweight or so much as possible so speed is not > >> so gravely a problem > >> To conclude there is no need for open office if something I have listed > is > >> not offered for linux ;Wine maybe and that is everything I can think > about > >> information and opinion wise other than NO UBUNTU... > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >> Group. > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > >> For more options, visit our group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- 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