I have been using Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon for almost one year.
The astonishing thing is I am using an old Lenovo ThinkCentre with a Intel Core2 Duo chip and 4 sticks of RAM.
The computer was given to me by a computer store at no charge because it had no hard drive. I installed a 500 GB Samsung SSD and bought a new optical drive because the box was missing its original.
The software operates so fast, you can’t believe it.
Windows 10 is a Model T Ford by comparison.
You can take an old throwaway computer and get fantastic performance with Linux Mint.
Have you ever installed/ran Windows in a virtualbox on Linux?
It is SUPER fast ;^)
Can confirm, Linux Mint works great on old dual core systems. People think their computer is the problem, but it’s Windows that is the problem!
I’m running Kubuntu on a 7-8 year old Thinkpad. Pretty decent specs though Intel 8x with 16gb ram. Very fast.
Aptik looks pretty cool. I’ve been using a text file with my list of programs on it and re-installing everything. Home folder gets kept so it’s all the same config and my files are there. Still have to install all the programs one at a time. Always wondered if there wasn’t a better, more automated way.