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Hmmm strange as been running dual boot and Windows 7 with avast last 5 years on older Amd dual-core running smoothly without issue and not being a resource hog. And little in the way of malware. But...

Yep so true about to desktop being a mute point.
As once you load up the apps they all even out. Firefox,Dolphin,Terminal,Amarok,darktable
and manual open in okular gets me up into the 1.5gb...

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Yep it seemed no matter what DE I chose it lacked in something I needed. A biggie for me is working dual displays with 4 virtual workspaces. So Apps remembering their Size & Position is critical for...

Sorry but my experiences seem opposite with other's experiences.

1995-96 - Red Hat 5 on my sharp widenote was a bear getting everything working. Luck out with a guy in Australia that had a...

SolydXK that has a great debian based Xfce & KDE version. As well as a Business and Back Office versions.
The nice thing I like about Debian based is a rolling release so no more Clean installs...

Yep Lubuntu or xfce for older or less performing systems.

Personally moved away from ubuntu based distros moved from Mint 15 KDE to SolydXK that has a great debian based Xfce version.
The nice...

More to it than that since it's considered malware.
A simple google search shows there is many steps involved.
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Yep +1 on that assessment and really a sad state. As see this happening in all aspects of society. Since they removed parallel parking from the driving manual here in Oregon because it was too hard....

Yep personally wouldn't want a huge influx of Window users into Linux. And getting inundated with all those "How Do I disable that constant Password Thingy?" type questions. Or why won't my blah-blah...

Think you may get more responses if you visit the Mint forums where they are pretty quick to answer or help you find the answer.
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Hmmm that has been a reaching statement that I found through experience to be a matter of perspective and many times false. I have run XP & Win7 for over 15 years secured without malware,spyware &...

Not in my world Unity,Gnome & Cinnamon used more ram and not as snappy or smooth as KDE.

I continually see this FUD about KDE being a resource hog and just isn't true.
I know people that run KDE...

Well the first is to learn the different Desktop enviroments. There's Ubuntu Unity but also there is a KDE and Xfce version.
With your specs would look into Xubuntu 32bit version as a possible...

Then change them. Like your hardware your knowledge level of how Linux works.
Just because you have a laptop doesn't mean you have a capable one for linux. If windows works fine on it then stick...

More Complete and Final story on the Quest of One City to Linux.

LiMux - the IT evolution - An open source success story like never before

Amazon has it cheaper!
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Found SolydXK has a Xfce and KDE Debian semi-rolling based on testing a solid performer.
Comes out with a monthly update pack where testing goes thru another round of testing for stability & bug...

Running Evernote fine thru Wine here.

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss317/orb9220/f5c1b85a-4491-43e6-b718-d093a3c8991b_zpsc619a737.jpg

Everything seems to work fine just a slight tad...

+1 to that as the major contributing factor with No. 1 being using proprietary drivers.
And another +1 that breakage is a real factor that has to be entered into the equation and planned for.
That...

Do you mean specifically a distro that fits on a CD and not DVD?
As in you don't have a drive that reads DVD's?
As that specific criteria will knock out many of the top contenders.
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Drinking my coffee and almost choked :P
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Wonder what the charge by Microsoft Is? :p

1,713 Floppy Disks needed for Windows 8 installer




Unboxing Pic at the bottom of the post.
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Yep your general system specs are no guarantees of smooth running.
Everything from video chipset,wifi to trackpad to sound chip in a laptop can create these kind of situations.

Might get more...

I installed yaWP plasmoid allows you have a popup with 1,3 or 5 day forecast with radar map! :-)
You can add the plasmoid widget on desktop or add to the panel which is my choice.
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