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bOgNeR17
April 5th, 2012, 07:55 PM
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 478
size: 2800MHz
capacity: 4GHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc up pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
configuration: id=0
*-cpu:1 DISABLED
description: CPU
vendor: Unknown
physical id: 5
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 478
size: 2800MHz
capacity: 4GHz
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: ht
configuration: id=0

That's my current system spec.

PhantomTurtle
April 5th, 2012, 08:49 PM
Not sure if this is the right place to post this thread (It's probably ok). I don't think you mentioned how much ram you had, but if you have at least 1GB then it should run Ubuntu fine. If wanted a lighter distro then check out Lubuntu or Xubuntu.

snowpine
April 5th, 2012, 08:51 PM
How about.... Ubuntu! :)

LiNIX420
April 5th, 2012, 08:55 PM
Im new to linux, tryed linux mint & ubuntu so far.
Love Ubuntu.
But i also see that people like arch also.

Go for ubuntu.

chestycuogth
April 5th, 2012, 09:51 PM
fedora and ubuntu are just as good I'd say.
fedora is great for less powerful machines (in my opinion)
but it doesn't have as large a community (like this one!)
if your not running it already then i'd go for ubuntu, otherwise
fedora.
debian LOOKS good, but last time i tried to install that i messed up my windows partition.

Dugachug
April 5th, 2012, 09:59 PM
Ubuntu ofcourse! :lolflag:
Debian is my first choice for a system that can't quite run ubuntu well. It's quite lightweight and stable, plus it currently still uses GNOME 2 if you fancy that at all.

but if you want something lightweight yet comes with modern apps(unlike Debian lol) give Lubuntu a try.

LinuxFan999
April 5th, 2012, 11:05 PM
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 478
size: 2800MHz
capacity: 4GHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc up pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
configuration: id=0
*-cpu:1 DISABLED
description: CPU
vendor: Unknown
physical id: 5
bus info: cpu@1
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 478
size: 2800MHz
capacity: 4GHz
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: ht
configuration: id=0

That's my current system spec.
How much RAM do you have? If you have 768MB-1GB, I would recommend Xubuntu. If you have more than 1GB, I would recommend Ubuntu. If you have less than 768MB, I would recommend Lubuntu.

kaldor
April 5th, 2012, 11:24 PM
Use Arch. Their users tell me that it can solve all the world's problems and cure cancer.

I prefer Fedora or Ubuntu, myself.

bOgNeR17
April 6th, 2012, 12:14 AM
Installed Lubuntu again seems to be working fine, don't really like the look of Arch might install it alongside Lubuntu to try it out.

LowSky
April 6th, 2012, 01:31 AM
Use Arch. Their users tell me that it can solve all the world's problems and cure cancer.


Not all the world's problems but maybe 86% of them. As for cancer, well that one is a bit tricky... really depends on when we catch it. :lolflag:

Bandit
April 6th, 2012, 04:12 AM
Fedora 16 Rocks! :guitar:

Redblade20XX
April 6th, 2012, 10:18 AM
Not all the world's problems but maybe 86% of them. As for cancer, well that one is a bit tricky... really depends on when we catch it. :lolflag:
lol I use arch too.):P
Seems like everyone from arch has a solution to any problem!

As for OP, I think it depends on your comfort level in the linux world. For starters. try sticking to the 'buntus mentioned before.

-Red

TeamRocket1233c
April 6th, 2012, 03:15 PM
Either a custom Ubuntu install, a custom Fedora install, or Crunchbang.

F.G.
April 6th, 2012, 08:25 PM
if your looking for something a bit lighter i would second Crunchbang, i've been running it on my netbook for at least a year and find it's a really good compromise, for both style and a lightweight debian setup. or alternatively Archbang for the same, though based on arch not debian, and certainly better if your a newbie and don't fancy setting up networking and a desktop environment etc from scratch as you would do with normal Arch.

also for less lightweight one i would suggest trying openSuse, fedora or centOS or any other classic desktop distro.

ps i'm sure Arch will cure cancer in time (along with the other OSs if enough people donate their spare cycles etc.)

neu5eeCh
April 6th, 2012, 09:53 PM
This is a "re-spin" of Xubuntu:

http://voyager.legtux.org/

I've been trying it out and it's really smooth. He's put in all the spit and polish that's missing from vanilla Xubuntu. On my own machine, it's faster than Ubuntu and comes with advantages of its own. When he releases 12.04, I'm, going to be hard pressed to choose between his re-spin and Ubuntu. I'm leaning toward voyager.

Primefalcon
April 6th, 2012, 10:14 PM
I'd probally recomend Lubuntu, XFCE is not light anymore... LXDE rocks

neu5eeCh
April 6th, 2012, 11:08 PM
I'd probally recomend Lubuntu, XFCE is not light anymore... LXDE rocks

I always hear that, but when you're talking... maybe... a two percent difference in memory usage between xfce AND lxde, that sort of fussiness is for purists.

Peripheral Visionary
April 7th, 2012, 12:49 AM
I always hear that, but when you're talking... maybe... a two percent difference in memory usage between xfce AND lxde, that sort of fussiness is for purists.

+1. I find no noticeable difference between Xubu and Lubu. Except that Xubu offers more configurability and useability for me.