tom arnall wrote:
I am looking for the fastest Linux distro for the following purposes. System: Dell latitude D630 dual core 2g memory most used applications: icewm gnome-terminal vim perl chrome browser transmission Currently I am running ubuntu 12.04. I am unhappy with the speed of it. Any info/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
What is your metric for speed? What are the two or three most annoyingly slow operations? What purpose the the computer fulfill? [You listed software you use. But is that collection optimal?]