Experience with Xubuntu

In my previous post I have expressed my love to use Linux on my OLD COMPUTER, which is Celeron 1.1Ghz with 256 MB Ram.
For a long time I have used Fedora on this computer, but with the latest versions I have experienced limitation of my pc. Since I use Laptop at home for most of the time, I never cared to find better Linux OS for my old desktop and continued using SliTaz.
Using Slitaz / Puppy linux was always option but I was looking for a OS on which I can run latest version of Firefox & Google Chrome with ofcourse openoffice & torrent clients. With the other light weight version of Linux OS it is difficult to find latest softwares.
Till now I ignored using Xubuntu, as it being light version of Ubuntu I was under impression it will not perform on my old computer. Having free time I thought of giving try to Xubuntu. Unlike my expectation it runs fast enough to not letting me realize that I am using old computer.
Seems like it was worth trying Xubuntu, which eventually made me keep it installed.

Try it.

Minimum system requirements

You need 192 MB RAM to run the Live CD or 128 MB RAM to install. The Alternate Install CD only requires you to have 64 MB RAM at install time.
To install Xubuntu, you need 2.0 GB of free space on your hard disk.
Once installed, Xubuntu can run with starting from 192 (or even just 128) MB RAM, but it is strongly recommended to have at least 256 MB RAM.

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