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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Larry<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mike Ballon <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mike.ballon@gmail.com">mike.ballon@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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.<div>

<br></div><div>Or if you don&#39;t want to partition your drive for some reason, test the other distros on your old laptop and go from there.<br><div> </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM, James Finstrom <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com" target="_blank">jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">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. <br clear="all">



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