Recent content by Old n dumb

Ok, I have tried installing Linux Mint cinnamon and had a few problems with it going into fall back mode so reinstalled it and all went well but had an issue with it being really slow, so I decided that I had pushed my luck a little due to the laptop's age and downloaded XFCE, I then installed...

Just had a look at a couple of YouTube videos and Gimp and Libre office are included with Mint 18.3 ,so looks like I will be downloading tomorrow afternoon, wish me luck, :D

In reply to your question about my system, I have a 1.9Ghz AMD x64 processor and 2 Gb of ram and 160Gb hard drive, so there should be enough resources there to run Linux. I have just had a look at Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia" but wasn't sure wether to use the Mate or Cinnamon release. I've just...

A big HI to everyone , just introducing myself and after a few pointers. Firstly I'm a complete novice when it comes to Linux, at present I'm running a couple of laptops in the household one with windows 10 and one with windows 7 but I have a spare old toshiba that's been on Vista but keeps...