Wednesday, April 4, 2018

New to Ubuntu: Have "old" MSI netbook with XP. Will Ubuntu work?




I am taking the netbook on the road but I'd like upgrade the OS and Windows 7 is out of the question. Netbook has only 2GB RAM. Will Ubuntu work and can I get rid of XP in the process? Thx!



Best way to find out is to try! You can load a livecd to test it out without messing your system up. Also, Ubuntu 12.10 has removed Unity 2D but I think they have done some work to make it auto fail back to something your machine will handle if your hardware can't handle Unity 3D.


http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/unity-2d-removed-from-ubuntu-12-10


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