Jody Thornton Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) So I have a small Dell notebook PC from 2005. It's running Windows XP Professional SP3 in 1 gb of RAM on a 40 gb drive. I'm looking for a no nonsense OS to run in its place come April. So after a ton of recommendations, I tried the Linux Mint Live CD which was the extended service Maya release version 13. It includes the Cinnamon desktop.I tell ya - hmmmmmmmm, it really doesn't do it for me. Mint users recommend it due to an XP like interface, but I find Vista is even better in that respect. I just like a simpler desktop enviroment or even a window manager. I'm going to try PC Linux which is KDE based and see what I think.I have tried Puppy Linux 4x and 5x and I like the Wary Puppy distros for older hardware. But I wish I could do a regular full installation rather than a frugal install.What Linux distros do you find are more like say a Win9x interface (very simple)? Edited March 11, 2014 by JodyThornton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 have you tried ZorinOS? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace2 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 MY Linux Mint 16 (Cinnamon) Setup:Start Menu:http://postimg.org/image/9ulwzfsin/Home Folder:http://postimg.org/image/bkn7z9p8x/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flasche Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) You can try Crunchbang http://crunchbang.org/ Its a super small but functional distro based of of Debian. It is very customizableOpen box: http://openbox.org/ (Open box is very customizable) Edited March 11, 2014 by Flasche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Thanks for those suggestion. I shall take a serious look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZortMcGort11 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 (edited) Another one you might try, if you haven't already, is Lubuntu. It's a nice looking one, and it requires less resources than Ubuntu.I have tried Puppy a few times on live CD, and I have a machine with Ubuntu installed. If I had to pick I'd take Ubuntu over Puppy, just because I think configuring the options is more user friendly in Ubuntu. I had problems detecting my Lucent Cheetah modem under Puppy.Good luck. Edited March 15, 2014 by LostInSpace2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flasche Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 You can try Crunchbang http://crunchbang.org/ Its a super small but functional distro based of of Debian. It is very customizableOpen box: http://openbox.org/ (Open box is very customizable) If you find that this Linux distro is too large (very hard to imagine) you can also try this one. http://tinycorelinux.net/ . This amazing little distro is an amazing 12 mega bytes in size, and also customizable to your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace2 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) MY Linux Mint 16 KDE Edition Setup:Start Menu:http://s30.postimg.org/a3uvo5lht/start_menu.pngHome Folder:http://s18.postimg.org/iix2p39ll/Home.pngThis disc is Great, its just like Windows 7, better than Windows 8/8.1, because Linux Mint 16 KDE Edition has a Start Menu and Glass with Blur. Edited March 17, 2014 by ace2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Glass with Blur. by default? Or what do you have to do to enable it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace2 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Glass with Blur. by default? Or what do you have to do to enable it?YOU enable with:Blur:Desktop Effects / All EffectsGlass:Workspace Appearance / Windows Decorations and Download Diamond theme BY staffck1.Workspace Appearance / Desktop Theme and Download Diamond theme BY staffck1. Edited March 17, 2014 by ace2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Cinnamon has some bugs....You can try Debian with XFCE,LXDE or Mate.On Athlon X2 4200+, 2GB RAM,video onboard and 80GB ide HDD I use Arch Linux with XFCE4.I have triple boot, but I show only my Arch Start Menuhttp://imgur.com/0bSqDz8Homehttp://imgur.com/eqU6VcSDesktophttp://imgur.com/NUdlyQj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 On Athlon X2 4200+, 2GB RAM,video onboard and 80GB ide HDD I use Arch Linux with XFCE4.I have triple boot, but I show only my Arch That is awesome. Is that with Compiz-Fusion installed/enabled? I currently have Fedora Linux on my laptop with Gnome 3 and well, very ordinary to use. I considered MATE on last install but the vital super key + type in what to run seemed missing so I went Gnome 3 again. I was a big fan of Gnome since using it since 1995. Before that well, too tricky for me to install and use so I went with what I knew well, Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_packet Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I use Arch Linux with XFCE4.That information panel/clock you have on the right of your desktop is very handy. Does it show/hide on mouseover? I also have XFCE4 (two weeks and counting) running on Ubuntu 12.04 and love it to bits, but haven't seen that panel anywhere previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I have tried Zorin OS (not really impressed). So far I really like Precise Puppy. Apparently I can install this to a hard disk partition too, though I may just perform a frugal installation. It runs quickly and for browsing and email, Seamonkey works just fine on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace2 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 MY Slax 7.0.8 Setup Booting from HDD:Start Menu:http://s28.postimg.org/we2nu3u8d/Start_Menu.pngHome Folder:http://s16.postimg.org/xibbndeph/Home_Folder.pngFirefox 28.0http://s1.postimg.org/4bvjxkj8f/Firefox_28_0.pngSystem updated with:abiword 2.8.6Firefox 28.0Flash Player 11.2.202.346Java Plug-in 11.02 11.02 (JRE 8) Themes used:Window Decorations = Diamond BY staffck1Desktop Theme = Diamond BY staffck1 NOTES:Slax 7.0.8 ISO is just 226 MB and it works well with the right settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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