I am pretty new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I have a Dell Mini 10 with 1gb of RAM.
Would like to know if it would be able to run Ubuntu 10.04 without any issues/lag or should I settle for something like Xubuntu? I would choose performance over graphics any day.
Thanks in advance.
If you care about performance over graphics and you're new to Ubuntu and Linux, go with Lubuntu 12.04 LTS. It will be more stable for you, and you'll find yourself troubleshooting issues far less. You can get a little better performance from Lubuntu 13.04 because of the newer kernel and updated packages, but if you're new to Linux it probably isn't worth it. That's my two cents, although I'm sure if you ask 10 people you'll get 10 different answers.
Definitely don't go with 10.04 for reasons already mentioned (it's EOL). Also, it's WAY behind in kernel and package updates.
