What OS will be ideal for my laptop?

Question

linux

Help, please, with the selection of the best OS for my laptop. The configuration is:
-Intel i5-460M 2533MHz
-4096MB
-500GB
-nVidia GeForce G 310M I'm using
Ubuntu 13.10 - very unstable and slow OS. Preference: Debian-based OS (it is clear that on the Linux kernel). Thank you.
UPD. In the comments, I adjust my interests (yes, I'm picky), but anyway, thank you SO MUCH for your advice!

Answer 1

BolgenOS, of course!

Answer 2

Try Mint

Answer 3

Debian, what's there to think about?

Answer 4

I'm for Mint Debian Edition, i.e. LMDE on MATE shell. Very fast and stable.

Answer 5

Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Classic mode enabled.

Answer 6

Here, the taste and color of the felt-tip pens are different. I would advise you to give a damn about habits and install ArchLinux.

Answer 7

Slackware or Gentoo. Only hardcore.

Answer 8

Only Gentoo!

Answer 9

Today I tested Elementary OS - a surprisingly frisky and pleasant system. Try it, it's worth it.
Based on Ubuntu LTS

Answer 10

Windows 8.1 Pro!!! And to drive such a car under something else ... it's like plowing vegetable gardens on a Porsche.

Answer 11

If you want exactly ubuntu (because of ppe or something else), then wait for 14.04 LTE. And in the process of waiting, endure minor bugs on 13.10 or be sad about freshness on stable 12.04.

Answer 12

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubuntu 12.04 64-bit.

Answer 13

Of course, I understand that the question is about the OS, but here the tips have already been thrown. Sobsno, therefore, I would venture to advise, based on my experience, an iron upgrade.
Buy up to 8GB of memory, it costs a penny and install an SSD. The results will amaze you.
Seriously, my laptop is almost 4 years old (ThinkPad x201), and I'm not going to change it yet. Perfectly performs all tasks, including rather heavy ones, such as running a pair of Solaris + Oracle and RedHat + Weblogic virtual machines at the same time.

Answer 14

What do you actually want from a non-LTS distribution?
Of course jambs and brakes will come out. Why not try the same, for example, Ubuntu (or Kubuntu), but 12.04.3 ?
I have Kubuntu 12.04.3 working fine on a much more modest desktop computer and I'm quite happy, as well as my wife's, on a stale Core i3 laptop.

Answer 15

Xubuntu, a fairly familiar interface and little to eat.

Answer 16

after updating from 13.04 to 13.10, I wanted to throw the laptop out the window and, having gathered my thoughts, reinstalled 12.04 and everything is ok. such a story. but in fact I propose to install debian from the testing branch.