graeme_p - 10:04 am on Apr 1, 2011 (gmt 0)

I had a whole bunch of problems with Mint XFCE, ALL of which were upstream issues from Ubuntu.

@Leosghost I am surprised you cannot get Linux lighter than XP. Depending on your requirements Damn Small Linux, Anticx, Lubuntu, Peppermint, Slitaz and Puppy should all run on old hardware.

I used to run a heavyweight distros on a PIII (for the kids_ until about an year or so ago.