Recently I’ve gave up Windows for Linux and installed Ubuntu with KDE Plasma desktop on my pc and laptop from 2007. It’s an i7 Intel processor with 8gb ddr ram so I thought it would be fine, but it seems quite sluggish. What distro could I use that would be faster and still fully functional? Thanks for your help in advance.
I think Zorin Lite OS will be good distro for a old laptop becuase I also install this distro on my very old computer(16 Years Old and have 2gb ram and Pentium Processor) and It work fine.
but it seems quite sluggish.
For some odd reason I will ask did you check your scaling governor?
It’s an i7 Intel processor with 8gb
Whoa nelly! I have old i5 and had 8gb, now 16.
I use gentoo across many of my devices, even on ARM SBCs, but it’s notwhat everyone would like. For SBCs I compile binary packages with my configs.
Do laptop and pc have same processor?
Also what is your GPU?
My apologies, it’s only 4gb ram and I did overestimated the age as well. It’s i7-2630m processor, video is nvidia gt 540m.
Based on another commenter’s advice I installed openSuse tumbleweed and it is quite snappy and I like it, but I’ve noticed that working terminal is different and since I’m transitioning from Windows and learning Linux I don’t want to learn two sets of commands. Decisions, decisions…
It’s i7-2630m processor
I have sandybridge too)
video is nvidia gt 540m.
Maybe it will be useful to read on nouveau reclocking
Based on another commenter’s advice I installed openSuse tumbleweed and it is quite snappy and I like it
Yes, good stuff. I used it, worked well.
Linux I don’t want to learn two sets of commands.
Across POSIX-compatible systems commands are same, except system-specific like packet manager
MX Linux, it is using Debian Xfce, it should run ok
