The issue with performance in Ubuntu is almost entirely due to the window manager and has really nothing to do with the other software versions. You can keep the core "ubuntu" elements the same and upgrade the rest of the software quite easily. Alternately, you can try something more lightweight -- Mint 16 with Xfce is basically Ubunutu with a a lightweight desktop. That's what I run on my daughter's very ancient Macbook and it's actually quite zippy On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:46 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > You know I dabbled a bit with OpenSUSE. I just don't have the experience > with windows managers. I even set-up a sli-taz machine. I really need > nothing off the computer but I like the fact that the 10.04 is so well > documented , yes I know it's old I guess it gives me a noober a sense of > comfort somehow that I do just not get with the latest releases. The 'dd' > command works fine for me. I even recently learned that in order to install > Debian Wheezy 7.0 or whatnot I needed to partition the thumb drive for > MS-Dos 16 not Fat32 to copy the image. Any reccomendations for a noob like > me as far as a newer operating system on my laptop would be wonderful. > Thank you for your time I wish I knew more. > > Thank You. > > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:38:26 -0600 > > > From: tclug at freakzilla.com > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will Firefox 20.0 become obselete for basic > use? > > > > I don't know that they'd remove a printer driver... > > > > I've been using Ubuntu for many years, but I've never used Gnome, Unity > or > > KDE (I use Window Maker, as I have since 1996!). I'm lead to believe you > > can get the "Classic" Gnome on the newer Ubuntus. It was announced very > > recently that they're turning back from that stupid integrated menubar > > thing, too. > > > > If you have the resources to make a bit-by-bit copy of your harddrive, > you > > can always try upgrading and then downgrade back if you don't like it. > I'd > > say try a live install on a USB thumbdrive, but that will for SURE be > > slow. > > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > > > > > Yes, and thank you for asking. I am running this older version of > Ubuntu on > > > a Centrino Duo Laptop. I guess because I was so unimpressed with the > 12.04 > > > performance on my old p4 tower. Also I have an older Lexmark x5070 > printer > > > that has a driver for the 10.04 Ubuntu. I don't like Gnome 3 maybe i'm > just > > > slow and I am not really used to KDE. Any suggestions would be > wonderful. > > > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:24:28 -0600 > > > > From: tclug at freakzilla.com > > > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will Firefox 20.0 become obselete for > basic use? > > > > > > > > Might be some small things that won't work, but in general you > should be > > > > fine. > > > > > > > > Of course, as time goes on, those small things will get bigger and > bigger. > > > > Still, basic HTML with basic javascript should be fine for a long > time. It > > > > all depends on what kind of content you want. > > > > > > > > May I ask why you're running such an old version of Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > > > > > > > > > For a basic home/office computer user running an older FireFox > version > > > say > > > > > '20.0' under Ubuntu 10.04 etc '2.6.-- kernel' will new web pages > and > > > webpage > > > > > design soon require the need for a later version of FireFox or > Opera to > > > > > 'surf' the web? Just a curious question I am a noob. > > > > > > > > > > Thank You. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > 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/20140221/25a6e29e/attachment.html>