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I have a computer that used to run Windows Vista Business Version, but it currently runs Windows 10. I want to install ubuntu on it, but I dont know which version to install. Also, I am extremely new to Ubuntu.

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  • I use a 2005 HP Compaq in my QA testing of Ubuntu and flavors, ie. a box in the era of windows XP, however the OS the machine came with is not a good indicator of the machine specs, your best bet is to work out what hardware the box contains OR Try the system in live mode on your actual hardware and decide for yourself. https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install (which applies to all flavors too). Your graphic card/GPU may dictate some flavors are better than others for really old hardware – guiverc Mar 10 '24 at 01:31
  • FYI: The release of of Ubuntu, eg. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop, primarily tell you the year.month of release, ie. 22.04 tells you it was the 2022-April release, the LTS that it's a long-term-support release, and Desktop tells you it contains a GUI or graphical desktop rather than being text only (Server) system. Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop tells you it was the 2023-October release or a newer system, but with a shorter life as it isn't a long-term-support (LTS) release; ie. newer software stack is included. – guiverc Mar 10 '24 at 01:33
  • I have some old hardware that will perform better with the GA kernel stack due to graphics hardware (ie. 5.15 kernel) thus don't perform as well with 23.10 with the 6.5 kernel, nor Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Desktop which also uses the 6.5 kernel... They'll however run fine if using 22.04 with the GA kernel stack (ie. older 5.15 kernel stack) or specific desktops are used (so even the release 22.04 isn't the whole picture) but will also perform fine with some desktops with 6.5 kernel.. this is a GPU specific issue, where you gave no details as to your actual hardware. Testing is a good way to know. – guiverc Mar 10 '24 at 01:37
  • https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours Light weight flavors: Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Budgie Flavors of Ubuntu only come with three years of supported life (five years applies to Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server but not flavors) My old XP era laptop with 1.5GB RAM would not install Ubuntu, but did install both server version & Kubuntu. but using external SSD with that system made it very functional. The old internal HDD was going to swap a lot if I tried to load more than one larger app like Firefox, and it was slow. SSD only slightly paused with swap. and was a lot faster overall. – oldfred Mar 10 '24 at 02:03

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