Linux distribution for a weak netbook?

Mr Crabbz2012-05-20 16:37:03

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Mr Crabbz, 2012-05-20 16:37:03

There is an eMachines 250 netbook (Atom n270 1.6 GHz 512 cache, Intel GMA950, 2gb DDR2 667mhz, 250 gb HDD) .
Windows 7 works so-so (with a large amount of installed software, it takes a very long time to load and think for a long time when working). Windows 8 works fast, but not very stable (either Wi-Fi falls off, or something else).
I want Linux. Now stands Ubuntu 12.04 + Gnome3. Works at the level of Windows 7, thinks for a long time, sometimes freezes for a couple of minutes on complex tasks.
I looked at other distributions - it seems that OpenSUSE has lower requirements for a piece of iron, and Mint also has (compared to bubunta).
What tasks does my netbook perform: a lot of watching videos (from torrents, TV shows in 480p and below, I watch through VLC - there are no brakes with the video itself, which cannot be said about Windows 7-8. There are rare slowdowns). + a set of simple forms in Writer'e, + work with simple tables in Calc'e + sometimes easy processing\converting\viewing photos. + I plan to often use Wi-Fi through a mobile hotspot.
In Ubuntu, I really like the application center - mega convenient. But I also like to tinker with the console (with Google, of course) ...
Lord Linuxoids - help turn my brakes into a reliable nimble fighter =) which distro is better for low-power machines?

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13 answer(s)

EvilHedgehog, 2012-05-20
@Punkie

If you are already used to ubuntu, can you not go far and try Xubuntu or Lubuntu in general?

DarthRamone, 2012-05-20
@DarthRamone

Arch Linux, of course.

vladimirp, 2012-05-20
@vladimirp

I think I can help you one hundred percent, because I myself have exactly the same model of a netbook for trips * I tried many different linux distributions on it / LinuxMint 10 got up perfectly - of course I understand that now there is already the twelfth version, BUT I have After the update, the brakes began! Therefore, I rolled back and use the tenth version of LinuxMint. In terms of speed - consider it like Windows XP and even faster [I also tried to install a native Windows XP image on a netbook (everything works fine, but I don’t like the system, so I installed LinuxMint 10)] Hardware works everything out of the box + Windows similar interface, on the screen everything fits quite well (only you have to reduce the font size a little).

iTs, 2012-05-20
@iTs

Slitaz. Or the same ubuntulite, ubuntu-mini, thorium based on ubuntu.

betrachtung, 2012-05-20
@betrachtung

Ubuntu 10.04 or Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix. LTE, so it will be supported for a long time. Smartly works on much weaker hardware.

egorinsk, 2012-05-20
@egorinsk

It seems to me that Windows XP supports an order of magnitude more software and works faster than Linux, provided that unnecessary services are disabled, themes and simple settings are disabled. Once I used XP on a computer with 512 MB of memory, at the same time Opera was launched with a bunch of tabs, photoshop, total commander, player, something else and everything worked, and Linux on the same hardware stuttered, slowed down when using the GUI (except perhaps work on the command line).
Windows 2000 has less memory, but I don't like it, firstly, slow loading (wrongcoded), and secondly, not very good compatibility with software.
In my opinion, among Linux developers it is not customary to care about performance, nobody cares about it there. While Microsoft has special people who test the system on different hardware configurations and give kicks to developers.

ninacarrot, 2012-05-20
@ninacarrot

You know, I have eMachines with Celeron 2.4GHz and 1 gig of RAM, a GM945 video card and an 80 gig disk, and I don’t consider my laptop weak. Two years ago I switched to Linux Mint 9, I could not get enough of it after all sorts of Ubuntu / Mandriva. Mint 9 also worked stably for friends, it did not cause discomfort with 512 MB of RAM and Riva TNT2. New licensed versions of Linux Mint are heavy, although it makes sense to try Linux Mint with XFCE or Linux Mint Debian Edition (also with XFCE). XFCE is a fairly lightweight environment, similar to GNOME and Windows at the same time, plus it's highly customizable. What's good about Linux is that you try what you like and one day you'll build your dream desktop environment.
By the way, after a year of using LM 9, I realized that the aptitude package manager and a basic set of utilities are all I need to start. I rolled in debian 6 with a minimal cd, and manually installed the X server and other packages that I personally needed. As a result, the system turned out to be much lighter and faster than Mint. So with debian and I'm sitting for now. During the year of work, preferences have changed, and instead of GNOME Terminal, I mainly use Guake; instead of Leafpad and Gedit - Geany and GVim. Special mention deserves the Iceweasel browser (well, it's such a Firefox), which I have version 3.5. Sites seem to work (but, I’m lying, Google + is sometimes indignant), memory consumption is at a minimum, brakes, which happened in Firefox 4.0 (remember, it was still 4.0 a year ago, right?) - it’s not noticed. The only thing I would like to change now is to relearn from XFCE to something like awesome, Yes, motivation is lacking. And that would be really cool.
And if you want something light, fast, and play for a day or two (well, provided that you don’t feel sorry for the hard one), try SliTaz. The impressions from the spider were the most pleasant, but, alas, Debian does not live up to the stability and convenience.

GreatMerlin, 2012-05-20
@GreatMerlin

I haven't looked at the last couple of releases, but before there was a lighter version of Unity - Unity 2D, it should work fine on a netbook. Everything else on my Samsung NC10 (specs are the same, but 1GB RAM) never slowed down.

Mr Crabbz, 2012-05-20
@Punkie

Minus what for?) Strongly noob question for Habr?

Vlad Zhivotnev, 2012-05-20
@inkvizitor68sl

Ubuntu 12.04 + fluxbox on toshiba AC100 - normal flight.

Alexander Lebedev, 2012-05-21
@cawaleb

There is no longer a choice of distribution, but a choice of a window manager or desktop environment. On an AMD E300 + 2gb netbook, Fedora 16 + XFCE works quite quickly. I went on a business trip with him, I had to install Oracle on him, and even with half the memory of the occupied database, it was quite possible to work.
In general, it depends more not on the distribution version, but on the desktop environment. Set what you are used to and choose a lightweight window manager while turning off unnecessary effects and so on.

@nsiss, 2012-05-21
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vectorlinux as a variant vectorlinux.osuosl.org/docs/vl60/manuals/vl6_installation_guide_en.html more than modest requirements

Nikolai Turnaviotov, 2012-05-21
@foxmuldercp

1. add memory to the maximum
2. change the screw to SSD.
from Linux - debian + *dm, xfce.
and no hanging clouds of rubbish ubunt