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Distro for laptops?

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  • 27-03-2014 10:40am
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    [Deleted User]
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    I've got an old thinkpad x61 and upgraded the ram to 4gb. I think it's got a Intel Core Duo processor. I have Mint on it at the moment but I'm wondering if there would be a more specialised distro for it? I've seen Lubuntu recommended a lot. Basically something that would give optimal battery life.

    Also, to be very trivial for a moment, all the green of Linux Mint is doing my head in!! I suppose with a name like Mint I should have expected it but my tolerance is being tested.


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    syklops
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I've got an old thinkpad x61 and upgraded the ram to 4gb. I think it's got a Intel Core Duo processor. I have Mint on it at the moment but I'm wondering if there would be a more specialised distro for it? I've seen Lubuntu recommended a lot. Basically something that would give optimal battery life.

    Also, to be very trivial for a moment, all the green of Linux Mint is doing my head in!! I suppose with a name like Mint I should have expected it but my tolerance is being tested.

    Red Hat use Thinkpads. Most of the Red Hat employed QA team would be on thinkpad T60 and above, so Fedora gets QA'ed on Thinkpads and you might find it works better. Fedora 16 on my Thinkpad X220 works perfectly.

    All that said Fedora can be a bit hit and miss so you never know.

    Its probably not worth your while. Every distro will have gone through testing on laptops, and the kernel will have modules to handle Power management and LCD screens and touchpads. Is there a specific problem you are facing?


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    hooplah
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    this is a derailment:

    Skylops, whay are you on Fedora 16? Is there a specific reason you haven't updated?


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    syklops
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    hooplah wrote: »
    this is a derailment:

    Skylops, whay are you on Fedora 16? Is there a specific reason you haven't updated?

    On that machine because it works perfectly. I have a myriad of Pen testing tools some which require specific libraries and they are all working perfectly.

    My work laptop runs Fedora 20 and it is not quite as stable. I don't know what they did to NetworkManager but its a regression in terms of functionality and appearance(Im on KDE), and overall is just not as reliable as my personal laptop.


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    [Deleted User]
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    syklops wrote: »
    Is there a specific problem you are facing?
    Nothing specific mate. I was just wondering if there was something a little more appropriate for the machine I have.


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    Kinet1c
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    I've fedora 20 with LXDE on my eeepc 1000 and it runs well. I've used LXDE with ubuntu too, minimal ui with right amoun of features.


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    Johnboy1951
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I've got an old thinkpad x61 and upgraded the ram to 4gb. I think it's got a Intel Core Duo processor. I have Mint on it at the moment but I'm wondering if there would be a more specialised distro for it? I've seen Lubuntu recommended a lot. Basically something that would give optimal battery life.

    Also, to be very trivial for a moment, all the green of Linux Mint is doing my head in!! I suppose with a name like Mint I should have expected it but my tolerance is being tested.

    Why not just change themes and colours?

    There must surely be an easy means of doing so in Mint.

    Can you install LXDE on it and select which DE to use?
    Would give you some experience of the Desktop Environment without having to do an install.


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