horrorshow
Lakewood Original
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I've got an ancient laptop with a T7100 (1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo) and 2GB of RAM....
I'm looking for a light distro for basic web-browsing, netflix-esque streaming, and other basic functionality.
The lower the CPU usage the better.
I've tried Lubuntu, Linux Mint Mate, & Linux Mint XFCE
It appears XFCE has the lowest CPU usage when using the 64 bit version.
So, two questions:
1. Are there any distros capable of Netflix level functionality that have lower CPU usage than XFCE? (bearing in mind I'm a windows user and therefor don't know jack about linux)
2. Considering the age of the laptop, should I go with 32 or 64 bit? (whichever's fastest obv)
As always, thanks [H]!!
I'm looking for a light distro for basic web-browsing, netflix-esque streaming, and other basic functionality.
The lower the CPU usage the better.
I've tried Lubuntu, Linux Mint Mate, & Linux Mint XFCE
It appears XFCE has the lowest CPU usage when using the 64 bit version.
So, two questions:
1. Are there any distros capable of Netflix level functionality that have lower CPU usage than XFCE? (bearing in mind I'm a windows user and therefor don't know jack about linux)
2. Considering the age of the laptop, should I go with 32 or 64 bit? (whichever's fastest obv)
As always, thanks [H]!!