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Which distro should I use on an IBM ThinkPad T41 for speed?

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I am planning to install Ubuntu on my old laptop - IBM ThinkPad T41. The laptop has 1 GB RAM, 50 GB hard disk, 1.6-GHz Pentium M processor and 32MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 graphics card. I would prefer to install and run Ubuntu with Unity 2D on this system, but would also want my system to be fast and responsive.

My question is this: will the Unity 2D interface run fast on this system, or should I install Xubuntu or Lubuntu instead?

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answered 1 Year ago lawain · Accepted Answer

You can use unity 2D in the given configuration.But for faster experience lxde is the better choice

Installation

      sudo apt-get install lxde

Alternatively you can chose Lubuntu (ubuntu derivative with lxde de)