<p>As far as performance is concerned try installing xfce or lxde. You want to keep mint for everything else.<br></p>
<p>As for the wireless printer have you tried the generic postscript driver?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 14, 2013 9:33 AM, "Nicholas Korsakov" <<a href="mailto:Nicholas.Korsakov@mwcia.org">Nicholas.Korsakov@mwcia.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have an old laptop which can barely run Mint Linux
(which I really like).<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When I installed the latest version of Mint, I could
not find a readily find a driver for my (relatively new) wireless printer.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I can probably work though this, but it is a pain. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also, I am getting weird imagery when booting…lots
of vertical lines for a while and text about my batter life (it’s plugged
in).<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Can you recommend a light distro that would run better
on an old, creaky laptop?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some desired capabilities….<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>1.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u>Relatively easy to set up with a
wireless printer (Brother)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>2.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u>Has LibreOffice, or is relatively
easy to download that package. I love using the spreadsheet (Calc).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>3.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u>Beautiful interface<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span>4.<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u>Lots of free software is available
for it with a great support community.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have run MacPup before and liked it too, but it
seemed hard for me to set up my printer…and it was a bit more limited on
apps.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- Nicholas<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
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