Soldato
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I have been helping a friend out with his "IT issues".
He has an old desktop computer (circa 2007) which I have been looking at. I started it up and was amazed at just how slow it was. Currently it runs Vista in 1GB of RAM and straight away I knew that was going to be a problem. It runs on a 3.46Ghz Celeron - not sure if single core or double core.
The machine is used simply for some email, light word processing and that is about it. It has been having some issues connecting to the router my friend has (although it would connect to my phone as a WiFi hotspot).
I was going to stick Linux on a USB stick and let them try it out for a few days as I think it will be more useable on the machine. Any advice on the a nice light distro for that sort of machine? I want something that requires minimal management from the enduser and is easy to use.
He has an old desktop computer (circa 2007) which I have been looking at. I started it up and was amazed at just how slow it was. Currently it runs Vista in 1GB of RAM and straight away I knew that was going to be a problem. It runs on a 3.46Ghz Celeron - not sure if single core or double core.
The machine is used simply for some email, light word processing and that is about it. It has been having some issues connecting to the router my friend has (although it would connect to my phone as a WiFi hotspot).
I was going to stick Linux on a USB stick and let them try it out for a few days as I think it will be more useable on the machine. Any advice on the a nice light distro for that sort of machine? I want something that requires minimal management from the enduser and is easy to use.