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   On 02/12/2019 1:18 a.m., Paul Quinn : August Abolins wrote:   
      
    AA> I had quite the educational experience exploring linux distros   
    AA> for a friend. I liked Xubuntu as well. The trick was to find the   
    AA> right distro to match the specs of the pc..   
      
   PQ> Did you try Lubuntu? I have a couple of VirtualBox VMs on   
   PQ> standby with Lubuntu 18.04 LTS configured. They run so lightly:   
   PQ> less than 1Gb with ~200Mb in use; humming at 20% CPU unless   
   PQ> needed. They're there if I need to switch to IPv6... sometime   
   PQ> never. ;)   
      
   Yes.. Lubuntu/64 was the best "light" version for the eMachine. I would have   
   liked it myself. Up to then, I spent a lot of time researching the NVIDIA   
   screen tearing problem, installing apps (I was surprised that Lubuntu did   
   *not* come with a basic files search! (Nautulus/Catfish), and tweaking some   
   other things.  What a pain learning about them and how to configure those   
   things.   
      
   When pretty much everything was working nicely, I encountered a problem with   
   my friend's legacy printer. The best thing to do at the time was to get a new   
   printer, imho!   
      
   Later, back in my possession, I discovered that the same pc with Manjaro/64   
   was not cooperating with my network.  :(   
      
   I learned that the best thing (for me, especially if I was building a machine   
   for someone else who is not a geek) is to have a distro that already *has* the   
   basics you would expect: filesearch, screensaver, office suite, internet   
   stuff, music player, video player.  Trying different addons, uninstalling,   
   reinstalling, etc.. is not worth it, ....unless it was my own pc.   
      
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