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As i have old computer which runs windows xp very slowly and the system is:
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz,1GB RAM,Intel 946GZ Express Chipset Family

So tell me is xubuntu is good for my system or not,GOOD means fast and resposive.
Give sugestions to me the poor guy...?

Thanks,uxama

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Building on the suggestions from and , the following is a compact, practical checklist to decide whether Xubuntu (or an even lighter option) will deliver a noticeably faster, more usable system on older hardware — without repeating the hardware details already in the thread.

A safe way to evaluate without changing anything is to boot a live USB and use the "Try" session. During that live session perform common tasks (web browsing with a few tabs, open/copy files, play a short local video) to judge responsiveness. Inspect CPU and memory behavior with the included System Monitor or from a terminal; live-mode can be slower than an installed system, so a reasonable live-session experience usually predicts acceptable performance after installation.

If the live session is sluggish, try a slimmer flavor or a minimal install with lightweight applications and a simple window manager (Openbox, LXQt/LXDE-based spins, or similar). Disable compositing/visual effects in the desktop settings, prefer lightweight file managers and editors, and reduce swapping by enabling zswap/zram and lowering the kernel swappiness. Quick checks and temporary adjustments from a terminal:

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
free -h
# to lower swappiness temporarily:
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
top
lscpu

For small-budget hardware changes, swapping a mechanical hard drive for a modest SSD usually delivers the largest perceptible speed improvement. Before any install or hardware work, back up personal data and run a SMART check on the disk. Following the live-USB test plus a couple of light-weighting tweaks will show whether Xubuntu meets the goal of being fast and responsive or whether a lighter distro or a small SSD swap is the better path.

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Member Avatar for Begginnerdev

Other than upgrading the memory a little, I see no problem using xUbuntu.

You may want to go up to 4gb if possible.

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Yep...! but it cost too much as i am just a student.

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If you already know that XP runs too slow, wipe the machine and give it a try by either reinstalling XP (a fresh install of Windows generally results in a better performing system) or try installing xUbuntu.

Either way, you want to know if its good or bad.. what may be good to someone else may be bad for you. since you arent willing/able to spend on upgrading, i assume that not spending is good for you. So the answer is logically... its good.

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so u mean its good for xubuntu...!

Member Avatar for JorgeM

Yes, as far as I know it will run with 1GB of memory.

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Thnks mate im new to computing..!

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