<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear washlug,</div><div><br></div><div>
I took a course in Unix and a course at Linux at WCC a few years ago, but have not touched Linux since. I do have a computer background. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I have been surfing the web to find a distro for an old laptop that I inherited. I want to replace Windows XP with a Linux distro. Here are the specs to the computer:</div><div>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><b>Toshiba Satelite: </b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Processor and Chipset</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Intel® Celeron® M Processor 380 </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff4">o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> 1.60GHz, 1MB L2, 400MHz FSB </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M Chipset </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Memory</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Configured with 256MB DDR2 SDRAM
(both memory slots may be </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">occupied) </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> 256MB(min)/2048MB (max), 2 memory
slots using 512MB PC4200 </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">DDR2 533MHz
SDRAM, dual-channel support requires two </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">memory
modules of same capacity and clockspeed </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Hard Disk Drive</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> 60GB (5400RPM) Serial-ATA (SATA)
hard disk drive; 9.5mm </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">height; user
removable </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black">Fixed
Optical Disk Drive</p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> CD-RW/DVD-ROM </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff4">o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Maximum speed and compatibility:
CD-ROM (24x:read), </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">CD-R
(24x:write), CD-RW (10x:write), DVD-ROM </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">(8x:read) </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Display</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> 15.4” diagonal widescreen TruBrite™
TFT active-matrix LCD </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">display at
1280x800 native resolution (WXGA) </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Graphics</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® Xpress 200M
64MB-128MB </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">dynamically
allocated shared graphics memory </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;color:black"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff1;font-size:11pt;color:black"><b>Sound</b> </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Built-in stereo speakers </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> SRS Labs audio enhancements</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"> <span style="font-family:ff4">o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> SRS TruSurround XT® virtual
surround sound </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff4"> o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> SRS WOW™ stereo enhancement </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Realtek 861 16-bit stereo software
sound </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff4"> o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Direct 3D Sound, DirectSound,
Direct Music, MIDI </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:ff2;font-size:11pt;color:black">(playback) </p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff4"> o</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> HD Audio </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;color:black"><span style="font-family:ff3">•</span><span style="font-family:ff2"> Sound Volume Control Dial</span></p>
</div><div>
</div><div><div><br></div><div>I will be using this laptop for home office. Maybe some graphics and access to the Web. I would want a GUI interface. '</div><div>'</div><div>I have done some research on the Web. Here are the distros I found that I thought would be appropriate. They are all small distros: <br></div><div>Mint Xfce Linux<br></div><div>Puppy Linux<br></div><div>
<p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><span> </span>psychoslinux</p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">What is your opinion? I live here in Washtenaw County. Thank you. <br></p>
</div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">God's Peace,<br>Tom Genyk<br><a href="mailto:tgenyk@gmail.com" target="_blank">tgenyk@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>