http://lubuntu.net/
Lubuntu is a fast and lightweight operating system. The core of the system is based on Linux and Ubuntu. Lubuntu uses the minimal desktop LXDE, and a selection of light applications. We focus on speed and energy-efficiency.
Because of this, Lubuntu has very low hardware requirements.
The objective of the Lubuntu project is to create a variant of Ubuntu that is lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using lightweight applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, as its default GUI.
Lubuntu is targeted at PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware that, in most cases, just don't have enough resources for all the bells and whistles of the "full-featured" mainstream distributions. Members of the team take care of LXDE and other packages that are part of Lubuntu. Lubuntu received official recognition as a formal member of the Ubuntu family,
commencing with Lubuntu 11.10. Even though Lubuntu is a lightweight distribution, it does not mean you will not be able to run all applications that other distributions are currently offering. It does mean that it is prepared and developed for low-specification computers. Nonetheless, you can run any application available in the official repositories, as long as your hardware can bear with it.
These are the minimum hardware requirements in order to run Windows 7:
- 1 GHz processor or faster, 32 or 64 bits;
1 GB of RAM for the 32 bits version, or at least 2 for the 64 bits version;
16 GB of hard drive (32 bits) or 20 GB (64 bits);
Graphics card that supports DirectX 9 with WDDM 1.0 controler or superior
- 266 MHz processor;
128 MB;
3 GB hard drive;
no fancy graphics
- 512 MHz processor or faster, 32 or 64 bits;
512 MB of RAM;
6 GB hard drive;
no fancy graphics
