From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Alan Ralph wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Irwell wrote:   
      
   >>> Any XP users migrated to this OS.   
      
   >> 3 positive reviews on Zorin 8:   
      
   > I've just upgraded an old laptop from XP to Linux Mint Debian Edition   
   > (due to the age of the hardware, it won't support regular Linux Mint or   
   > Ubuntu).   
      
   > I'll give Zorin a tire-kick though, just to see if its Windows   
   > compatibility is what is claimed.   
      
   The current versions of Mint are XFCE, KDE, Cinnamon, or MATE DEs   
   whereas the current Mint Debian are Cinnamon or MATE.  I'm not sure   
   which combination you tried of regular Mint doesn't work but Mint Debian   
   does, unless you tried to do regular Mint Cinnamon and then Mint Debian   
   MATE did.   
      
   The current Zorin is based on Ub 13.10 and a tweaked Gnome 3.8.4 DE   
   neither of which would be my choice for old hardware.   
      
   If I were choosing a distro for old hardware, I wouldn't base it on that   
   Ub or a recent v. of gnome, neither of which is lean or mean, and also   
   the Ub infrastructure is going to lose its support (9 mo) too soon to   
   suit me, 2014 Jul.   
      
   I would either choose an XFCE Ub with LTS or an XFCE Debian rolling or   
   an LXDE Ub LTS such as LXLE or LXDE Debian rolling.   
      
   Also, rather than a 'straight' Debian, many average users would be   
   better off using a tweaked Debian such as SolydX.   
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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