you could try kde and remove the features you don't need using "kpersonalizer" at the command line On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > Just how ancient is your old laptop? What are its specs (processor, > memory, etc.)? > > Assuming that you're using a Ubuntu-based edition of Linux Mint, try a > distro that isn't based on Ubuntu. Linux Mint Debian Edition bypasses the > heavy Ubuntu overhead. Another great Debian-based distro is Snowlinux. > (I'm using Snowlinux 4 Glacier with MATE right now.) > > For an even lighter distro, try antiX Linux or Puppy Linux. antiX Linux > is a lightweight version of MEPIS Linux (also Debian-based), and Puppy > Linux is a lightweight independent distro (and the parent of MacPup). > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:31:51 -0600 > Nicholas Korsakov <Nicholas.Korsakov at mwcia.org> wrote: > > > I have an old laptop which can barely run Mint Linux (which I really > like). > > > > When I installed the latest version of Mint, I could not find a readily > find a driver for my (relatively new) wireless printer. > > > > I can probably work though this, but it is a pain. > > > > Also, I am getting weird imagery when booting...lots of vertical lines > for a while and text about my batter life (it's plugged in). > > > > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130217/a299084e/attachment.html>