r/linuxmint • u/Opposite-Farmer-9688 • 21h ago

Linux Mint Xfce Saved This Laptop From Windows 10

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I installed Linux Mint Xfce. This laptop was running Windows 10 which was eating the resources of this laptop. The specs are pretty bad [1] but it was still usable up until recently where everything took forever and browsing the internet was not comfortable.

Linux made it usable again and the resource usage drop substantially.

This was my second time installing linux. I'm still a beginner so any tips would be appreciated and let me know your thoughts on this.

If anyone is browsing reddit considering installing Linux on an old machine, do it. it really makes a difference compared windows.

[1] Specs
CPU: Intel Celereon N3350 2.4ghz
GPU: Intel Hd Graphics 500 0.65ghz Integrated
Memory: 3.66GB
HDD

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u/Realistic-Water8154 21h ago

How do you get the command prompt thing

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u/Opposite-Farmer-9688 21h ago

Its called fastfetch, you can find how to install it online then you just type fastfetch and yeah

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u/Smart-Hat2276 1h ago

sudo apt install fastfetch

neofetch clones...

replace the x with an s

httpx://alternativeto.net/software/fastfetch/

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u/themiddaysun 21h ago

Windows 10 is pretty good, a clean install of that would probbly provide the same feeling. Anyways, I love Mint, it is a very nice clean distro (IMO). I use it on my 2017 Macbook Air. Enjoy the customization!!!

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u/Opposite-Farmer-9688 21h ago

Thanks. its very clean indeed, still need to discover more about it.

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u/shalintj 15h ago

What DE you use? XFCE, Mate or Cinnamon. I use Cinnamon and frequently hit 100% CPU. More so while doing video calls + screen share or while opening multiple tabs.

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u/themiddaysun 14h ago

Cinnimon with 8gb and 128gb Core I7. Runs very well actually.

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

same thing with mine, but i installed cinnamon

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u/Realistic-Water8154 21h ago

But anyway same for me my grandma's old laptop she gave to me was reslly bad and painfully slow its an hp pavilion cs0053cl laptop 

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u/Wild_Carpenter_1951 21h ago

well I left windows 10 since esu will stop in 12 months and plus my i7 7700hq and gtx 1050 4gb and 12 gb ram well my cpu is not supported for 11 so I did choose cinnamon

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u/HumbleRip685 14h ago

I just tossed cinnamon on my older model Lenovo and it’s now running like a brand new machine , windows was chocking the HDD with all the unnecessary crap it constantly runs , I’ve messed around with LM for a good 3 hours between the day and a half I’ve had it and not one issue

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u/Itchy_Ambassador5407 14h ago

Just installed Mint cinnamon on Lenovo IdeaPad 100-15IBY with 4GB and celeron n2840 feels smooth for now (it will be used mostly as Browser and Picture viewer) And Mint cinnamon (previously was on xfce but some kernel problem occured and I said to my self I don't care that laptop is 14 years old it's now or never) on Acer Aspire 5742zg 8gb with Pentium previously used for Python projects and pycharm currently used as drawing board for my 3 year old

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u/Appropriate-Row-2751 1h ago

W10 would have been alright if it had an SSD. Even linux mint takes a while to start up with a spinning drive.