8 Oct
2013
8 Oct
'13
10:23 p.m.
On 2013-10-07 Mark Jenkins wrote:
Video playback and Adobe Flash support probably will be bad to non-existent though. (And old Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox is a dead end anyway in terms of future security support, the Adobe Flash support baked into Google Chrome is going to continue to be
Is it? I hadn't heard that. You mean my Firefox on Linux is vulnerable right now because of outdated Flash? Am I *forced* to use Chrome now?
As for distro, the problem is probably just the lack of good 3D support on old hardware for the stupid modern GNOME3's and Unity. If it was me, I'd do a Fedora install but do a minimal install (no X) and add X + XFCE and the bare minimum I need. XFCE in 2D mode will run just fine on that laptop.