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04-09-2012 09:03 PM
Best OS for an under powered laptop?
Seems like there is a gap in the market for a modern OS that's both user friendly and light weight. I'm tired of Win7 on my netbook, it's not really quick enough and I'd rather use something that is legally free.

I tried a few Linux distributions (Lubuntu, Ubuntu, Debian) and ran into similar problems with them all... they're not user friendly for people who don't want to be fucking around in the terminal all the time, and tons upon tons of things just don't work without endless research and command line fuckery.

I tried the Android x86 project and theoretically this would be perfect for my needs but it's buggy as hell.

Next I'll try Chromium OS, but I have a feeling it'll be too limited.

Is there anything else out there?
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. I'll try it right now in fact.


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Not a modern OS.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. I'll try it right now in fact.




Not a modern OS.
Who cares if its modern. what do you need the OS to do?
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Who cares if its modern. what do you need the OS to do?
Work properly with all my hardware.

Plus, as I said above I'd prefer a legally free OS. I run pirated Windows on about 4 computers already and I'd really like to find a free, legal and user friendly way to move away from it without spending a year of my life learning terminal commands.
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linux mint or Ubuntu.
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04-09-2012 10:13 PM
Windows Thin PC.
Or Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.

The first is based on Windows 7, the second on XP.

Both of them fly on older hardware, as you could imagine

There is a third option: Windows Multipoint Server 2011, it lets you run concurrent sessions of RDP from thin/zero clients and take advantage of a single powerful computer. Internet sessions, movie watching, datasheets, even some gaming depending on the server's hardware. It's a bliss to setup and run too.
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linux mint or Ubuntu.
Thanks for the suggestions and I did try them both before. Ubuntu ran slower than Win7 on my netbook and nothing "just works" with either Ubuntu or Mint. Installing most the software I needed was a nightmare of errors, crashes, incompatibilities and terminal shenanigans. And jesus fucking christ with the constant requirement for password entries when you want to alter ANYTHING at all... I love the idea of Linux, but life's too short.

People slate Microsoft and Windows but at least you can do most stuff from a nicely polished UI instead of spending your life in the command prompt.
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Windows Thin PC.
Or Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.

The first is based on Windows 7, the second on XP.

Both of them fly on older hardware, as you could imagine

There is a third option: Windows Multipoint Server 2011, it lets you run concurrent sessions of RDP from thin/zero clients and take advantage of a single powerful computer. Internet sessions, movie watching, datasheets, even some gaming depending on the server's hardware. It's a bliss to setup and run too.
Thanks. Does Windows Thin PC require a connection to a server then? Or is it self contained on the computer?
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