I would agree with Mike though I might not limit Ubuntu much in disk space. I say that just because if you find something you like better, you may well just replace Ubuntu with it. BTW, if you are not aware of it, a great many distros in the Debian family are Ubuntu derivatives like Mint is (thugh they now have a straight Debian derivative as well). For that matter, Debian itself may be a viable alternative for you. With Ubuntu moving to Unity and Debian to Gnome 3, it will make an interesting difference. Larry On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mike Ballon wrote: > In your situation I would stick with Ubuntu, but only use say of the hard > disk for the install. Then load virtualbox to play with several other > distros like Mint (my current), decide if you like any of them more than > Ubuntu, and then install that one onto the free space you left open. > > Or if you don't want to partition your drive for some reason, test the > other distros on your old laptop and go from there. > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM, James Finstrom < > jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > >> It was a dark stormy night in 2005. A stranger in a trench coat approached >> and handed me a CD. I no longer had to fight the benign little issues nor >> did I have to put any effort in to make my laptop run Linux. Alas I have >> been using derivatives of Ubuntu ever since. I used Kbuntu for years then >> they decided to move to KDE 4 which lacked my ability to like it. >> I switched over to gnome and we have become good friends. Ok lets get to the >> point. I am getting a new laptop today and I am debating of weather I should >> stick with Ubuntu who has never done me wrong or do I try something new. I >> have no issues from a technical or moral standpoint with Ubuntu and am happy >> to use it until I do. That being said It has been almost 6 years and there >> have been many new distros born and old ones brought up to par so I would >> like feed back. I do wish to stay in the Debian family tree but outside of >> that I am open to suggestions. >> >> -- >> James Finstrom >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson