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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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