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I have an old ThinkPad L412 (core i3) with LMDE2 Mate, and a newer T440p (core i5) with LM 18 Cinnamon. Both works flawlessly and fast.

If you're concerned about security (as you should be), then you should update the kernel. But stay within the 4.4 series. The latest one is 4.4.0-93. Staying within the 4.4 series should keep anything from breaking (but YMMV). +1 A couple of days ago I've updated my Mint 18.2 system to kernel 4.11 ...

Most of Linux users have old hardware, often PCs and laptops more than 10 years old. I guess that by 2023 will be still alive and working a lot of machines from 2005-2008. So, dropping 32bit would be a wrong move. About applications or programs, I'm confident that Firefox and LibreOffice 32bit will ...

If you're concerned about security (as you should be), then you should update the kernel. But stay within the 4.4 series. The latest one is 4.4.0-93. Staying within the 4.4 series should keep anything from breaking (but YMMV). +1 A couple of days ago I've updated my Mint 18.2 system to kernel 4.11 ...

LO 5.3.x will most likely never appear in the official repositories. So you have either to add a matching PPA or download the file and install it. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade A very dangerous advice, as it circumvents the safety of the level system of the update manager...

Funny!

Maybe the guy is MS_Windows!

Dropbox, the free service. I've "upped" the basic 2 GB to 8.5 GB. And that's enough for me...

Tails is considered the most "secure", but browsing with TOR is really slow...

Thanks Clem! I've upgraded today and so far all is OK. I'm typing right now from Sonya Xfce.

*update: I had to fix brightness and volume keys adding acpi_backlight=vendor in grub. A minor issue, for the rest all is working great. I didn't notice any increase in memory usage.

Was just released a new version of Sparky Linux based on Debian Stable (LXDE and Xfce). In the past I've tried the Debian Testing based edition, and this Debian spin is indeed fast on old hardware. I don't like very much Testing because the updates are excessive (too much, time-consuming and causing...

I have tried again MX16 Linux (Xfce), this time the 64 bit version. It's simply amazing! At idle it consumes 267MB RAM only, after the usual tweaking (removing daemons from startup, mostly). And it is so responsive and fast. How a nice distro! It has the same lightness and speed of pure Debian Xfce,...

Thanks Mik3e. I installed gnome-color-chooser and I tried to change that elements, but there is no effect. Instead, this solution worked (partially) for me: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/507 In short, you have to create a gtk.css file in /home/config/gtk-3.0/ This file will contr...

3 - the less customizable Mate desktop (compared to Xfce; but Caja is better than Thunar) I'm interested in knowing what is less customizable as I find just the opposite. The only thing about LMDE that bothers me is application version numbers lagging behind Mint. I've noticed this with QupZilla an...

For example, Libre office or wine or vlc player. Are they working the same or even better? Have the same level of security or stability? LibreOffice and any other program works exactly as in the Ubuntu branch of LM. But LMDE2 is overall lighter, so there is more room for programs, if the RAM is tig...

Interesting... anyone has tested Firefox to compare the 32 / 64 bit versions in Linux? My feeling that the 32 bit version is faster is just anecdotal an can be hardware-specific.

I've found that while Linux 32 bit performs slightly better on old / weak hardware with 2GB RAM, Firefox 32 bit is noticeably faster / more responsive that its 64 bit version. Here there is a benchmark on Windows: https://www.raymond.cc/blog/mozilla-firefox-64bit-build-performance-compared-to-32bit/...

Didn't work, but now I know why: https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/via-chrome-9-drivers/2088 Openchrome (the driver for Chrome 9) is broken in the kernel, from 3.4. LM13 has kernel 3.2. To use this computer with Linux, I have to find a distro that still use kernel 3.2, or find a way to install a modif...

I've tried yesterday pure Debian Xfce (32-bit). Wow! It's very good for old / weak hardware. After some minor tweaks, it idles at 129 MB RAM, and it's very responsive / fast. This on a 9 years old desktop with Core 2 duo 1.86 GHz / 1GB RAM. Amazing, really an excellent distro. Installation is easy, ...

So is not good...yet Yes it's good, I'd prefer LMDE2 hands down for old and weak machines, it's noticeably faster/more responsive. About the "bugs", I've found that are not, really bugs, theme selector works OK. And about Mate, well... it's a matter of taste. I still prefer Xfce, but also...

Boot time ... slower??? Not for me. Boot time and shutdown is lightning fast on my laptop. I'm running 64 bit though It might be hardware-specific. I ran LMDE 2 MATE 64-bit and it took a bit longer to boot on my (not very new) laptop than normal Mint. I'd do some benchmarks now but I'm rolling Debi...