Best Distro of Linux
Best Distro of Linux
Details: Gateway ML6731 Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 1.73 GHz (Merom 65nm) with 2 GB RAM and a 240 GB PNY SSD Mobile Intel 965 Graphics. Currently running Windows 7 64 Bit. Considering Ubuntu MATE, Mint Cinnamon, and Lubuntu. Others have suggestions too—feel free to share!
Among those three, Lubuntu seems like the strongest choice, even though it's not a top-tier OS. Look into BunsenLabs Linux, which performs well on older machines. https://www.bunsenlabs.org/
I've been using both Mint Mate and Mint Cinnamon for several months now. Cinnamon stands out to me. With six tabs open in Firefox and VLC playing music, my RAM usage hits 1.1 GB. Most desktop animations and effects are off, but I’m not sure why anyone would keep them. Looking at the distros you mentioned, the main differences seem cosmetic—just pick what looks best for you. LXDE might use fewer resources, but it probably won’t make much of a difference.
Installed Lubuntu and it functions well. A photo is displayed above this message.
Not really unless you're targeting .net. For languages like Python, Php, html, css, javascript, java and many others, you can write them across any operating system. I mainly use Windows for Dungeon Defenders because the Linux version isn't as accessible, though I can handle everything on Ubuntu. Windows also offers storage pools that I use to set up RAID 1 on my drives—unclear if Linux has similar options without moving to a more robust solution like Motherboard RAID.