I have an old Toshiba  Specs are:   processor: 1.70 GHz Intel® Pentium® M processor 735 hard disk: 60 GB system memory: 512 MB (although I am in the process of buying an extra 1G ram for it) graphics: nvidia GeForce Go 6600, 128MB   My laptop still runs on XP 32bit and is used mostly for working on my PhD - lots of typing, bit of browsing, lots of article reading (PDFs) and listening to music. I have a netbook for more everyday tasks. The laptop still works very well, if slowly, but needs a new operating system, I suspect I should install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but would appreciate any advice on the matter.
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For a given hardware configuration, how do I find out if Ubuntu will run on it? What considerations should I take into account when choosing an Ubuntu version and  such as:    with a lighter desktop than the usual Gnome and Unity  with the even lighter LXDE desktop   Obviously Ubuntu does not run on some processor architectures. So how do I go about choosing the right version and derivate. How can I find out the minmal system requirements?
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I know this is probably a question this is asked over and over again but I'm not finding anything close to an answer that I need.  I am installing Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo x130e netbook .  It has been a long time since I have used Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) so I'm not exactly sure on how to go about this.  Here's my system specs:  CPU: AMD e450 apu dual 1.65Ghz RAM: 8Gb DDR3 Corsair Vengence 1066mhz SSD: Crucial M4 128Gb SSD Vid: Radeon HD6320 384Mb  Now here's my questions:   Since I am running a single SSD and have plenty of RAM, should I use a swap file?  If so how large of a swap? I am going to use .ext4 filesystem but is there any specific way I should partition my drive?  (1 partition for /home, another for boot, etc...) I am planning to upgrade to 13.10 when it releases, is there anything I should keep in mind until then?   I have never really used a forum before so I figured that this would be the best time to start.  I have decided that I am tired of having to deal with Microsoft and want to break free of their bloated software.  I have read through your forums many times before and found that this is probably the best place to begin the process of reacquainting myself with Ubuntu.  Thanks for your time!
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I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a Dell laptop with 1.7Ghz Pentium M and 1Gbyte memory.  Graphics are Intel® 852GM/855GM x86/MMX/SSE2, OS type is 32bit.  The whole system is VERY slow. When I launch the applications manager, for example, I need to wait in order to see the letters I typed appear!  It is as if the CPU was overloaded and no memory available, but I only have Firefox running.  How can I make the system run smoother? It used to have Windows XP installed and it worked fine.
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I have Lenovo Ideapad Y510 with dual core 1.6 Ghz processor, 1GB ram, 160GB HDD. I want to upgrade my current cpu with any latest one like i3, i5 or i7 to get more speed but don't know if it is possible. I don't know how to get all technical details of the pc so I have have attached a screenshot of boot screen, hope you will find all required info about my pc to answer this question.  I am a java developer so my basic need is to run eclipse and java application and application server with db like MySql very smoothly on my machine. Earlier I was using Win7 but machine was running slow so I switched to Ubuntu 12.04 but not much improvement so I thought to upgrade the cpu and memory. I need your suggestion that to which cpu I can upgrade and should I also upgrade ram.
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I have an older HP netbook and am looking for a 32-bit version of Ubuntu 18.04 desktop. Can you advise if one is available?
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On my mother's Lenovo laptop, Windows XP claims that the hard drive is almost full. According to the properties window, 52.7 out of 55.2 GB is in use:    By deleting temp files from Internet Explorer, System Restore, Recycle bin, Windows Update, System Cleanup, I managed to free up about one GB. That's still > 50 GB in use, which still is a lot more than I expected. Hence, I gave good old  a spin, and here's the output:    It might be hard to read here, but the first line says that the total amount of disk space in use on drive C is 24.3 GB. So Windows claims usage of 52.7 GB and WinDirStat can only account for 24.3 GB. Where is the other half of that disk space being used?  I hope someone has an answer, or some tricks or tips to do further research.    UPDATE: The laptop in question has an SSD hard drive. I am aware that these disk (at least the earlier ones) have a limited life-time. Could the symptoms described be caused by wear and tear on the SSD?
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I have a 32-bit system which runs on a 64-bit processor. How do I convert it to be all-64-bit, without re-installing? I have seen somewhere that it is doable as a result of .
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What's the difference between 32 bit OS and 64 bit OS? Can a 32 bit OS run in a 64 bit processor?
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My girlfriend bought a laptop last week. It's a core 2 duo with 4 GB  We installed vista 64bit, and one of the first things we did was right click on "My computer" to see gthe properties. Immediately we noticed something strange about her RAM, the line said: Installed memory (RAM): 4,00 GB (3,68 GB usable)  I told her not to worry, thinking it must be something about the laptop hardware (considering her vista installation came from the same DVD as mine, and I never noticed anything like that on my 4 GB desktop). One hour ago, it got worse. We looked at Properties again, and it now says: Installed memory (RAM): 4,00 GB (2,98 GB usable)  What does that mean? Are those 1,02 GB missing or being used by the system?  EDIT: There is a possibility that the sytem information is wrong. I just noticed that it reports an intel T6500 processor, when it's actually a T6400.  How can I find out how much RAM is really available to the system?  EDIT2: Checking the resource monitors, it says 1003 MB are reserved for the hardware. Is that good or bad? Thanks
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I have a computer (Asus T200TA) with 2G RAM and 32-bit UEFI [Yep, what a wonderful idea to put 32-bit UEFI!]. I have two options:   Install a 64-bit system, boot manually and install grub-efi-ia32. Drawback: 2G is not much, systems with such low RAM are said to run better on 32-bit systems. Install a 32-bit version. (but from my state of knowledge it's not trivial to boot)   Which option would be better?
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I'm trying to convince somebody of the benefits of switching to a 64-bit OS but I'm having a hard time finding arguments other than "you can use more than 3GB RAM". Are there any other clearly-communicable benefits in having a 64-bit operating system?
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Does it make sense to replace a factory Win8 64-bit OS with a 32-bit one on a netbook-like Intel Celeron 847 laptop with 2GB non-extensible (soldered) RAM?
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I have very old Computer  What's the Best Operating System for Old Computer?
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook? If so, what are the minimum system requirements? Will Ubuntu preform as well on the Chromebook as on a Windows laptop?
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I am a bit financially strapped and received a Gateway GT5056 tower. The tower has an AMD dual core 64-bit processor in it. Will Ubuntu 12.04 run on this machine? I will not have any other application other than LibreOffice installed.
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Before I buy my next laptop, I'd like to make sure that it will work perfectly with Ubuntu. Is there a list of completely supported computers anywhere?
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I would like to run Ubuntu on my new Thinkpad E470. Is Nvidia Optimus supported? It used to be that you would have to run the proprietary drivers with the dGPU enabled always instead of using the iGPU. Has the situation improved, especially regarding battery life? If possible I would just run with the iGPU as I don't plan to do any gaming. Would I just refrain from installing the proprietary driver to achieve this?