Re: [Hampshire] Suggested Distro for an original Acer Aspire…

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Author: Alan Pope
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Suggested Distro for an original Acer Aspire one?
On 12 January 2014 17:29, Andy Random <andy.random@???> wrote:
> I'd like a GUI of some kind on it rather than just a console, but I have no
> interest in flashy graphic or effects, just a basic windowing system.
>
> In the past I've used Xubuntu or Crunchbang for this kind of thing, but I've
> not really played with either recently and don't know how well they will
> play with the old hardware or whether something better has come along for
> giving new life to aging kit.
>


Crunchbang is pretty good and lean. I have used it on low power
machines including one around the same (indeed lower) spec than yours.

Cheers,
Al.

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