Need linux version for very slow computer

[Gediminas]

Hi

I have very slow computer
dell latitude d620

I tried ubuntu 14.10. But laptop worked so slow with them, that it was unusable. What would you recommend. This laptop purpose will be only watch youtube and read news sites.

 

[arochester]

How much RAM has it got?

Of the *buntus Lubuntu demands less memory.

There is also LXLE http://lxle.net/support-options/

 

[Gediminas]

free -m gives
2521 MG

 

[arochester]

LXLE is based on Lubuntu which is an Ubuntu OS using the LXDE desktop environment. It is designed to be a drop-in and go OS, primarily for aging computers.

http://lxle.net/about/

 

[Gediminas]

thanks

 

[blackneos940]

thanks

I'd go with what Arochester said, but I do know that Mint seems to work well with that Laptop, since, if memory serves me, I put it on a friends Laptop, which was a Latitude, I think..... :3 He Loves it!!..... ^^ But yeah, you should be good with Lubuntu....... :3

 

[Yesyesloud]

I'd go with Wattos Microwatt Edition for a system as low as 96-128MB on ram.

PS: that laptop seems to have a good amount of ram. Xubuntu/Lubuntu can be good choices then, as well as the other distros mentioned across the thread.

 

[Videodrome]

I seem to have issues making a bootable USB for wattOS. Is there a particular method for it? DD or Unetbootin?

 

[Yesyesloud]

I seem to have issues making a bootable USB for wattOS. Is there a particular method for it? DD or Unetbootin?

I got it working with Unetbootin. If it doesn't rock your boat, this may be helpful.

 

[blackneos940]

I got it working with Unetbootin. If it doesn't rock your boat, this may be helpful.

Someone should make a buggy version of Unetbootin called "Unotbootin"!.....

 

[Charles McColm]

I'm running Xubuntu on a laptop (HP) with similar specifications (1.8GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM). I swapped out the hard drive in my notebook for a cheap 120GB SSD (Kingston - ran me $60). The SSD made an enormous speed difference. It appears that your D620 is also SATA, so you could swap out the hard drive. I like Xubuntu because PPA's behave well.

 

[Darren Hale]

Same machine running Lubuntu works great.

 

[Linpassion]

Try Slackware with next de: XFCE, ICEWM or Fluxbox. So the last two mast be confurate by textfile.

 

[Alexzee]

AntiX and MX Linux are good for older computers.

https://antixlinux.com/

https://mxlinux.org/