Laptop Samsung NP-RV515: Mint Mate?

frariky · 02-24-2024, 09:17 AM

Hi all,

thank you for your support and work around the Linux Mint project, I really appreciate it.

I'm new to Linux Mint therefore I'm now moving my first steps towards the knowledge regarding the different versions of Mint.

I've got an old laptop Samsung NP-RV515 with 4 RAM DDR2 and the CPU "AMD E-Series E-450" (1.65 GHz dual core e 2 threads).

I'm using a SSD.

Would you please confirm my idea that it would be more appropriate to install the "Mate" edition (instead of the "Cinnamon" one) on this specific laptop hardware configuration? Or maybe even the XFCE editon?

Thank you

frankbell · 02-24-2024, 07:09 PM

MATE is a little lighter weight than Cinnamon, but, if you have 4GB RAM, I doubt it would be a significant difference.

But that's just me.

You might try booting to Live CD/USBs of each and seeing for yourself. (Note a Live CD/USB version will inherently be a bit slower than an installed version.)

rokytnji · 02-24-2024, 07:51 PM

I have mine running pretty quick

Code:

harry@rok:~
$ sudo ps_mem.py;pinxi -v3opy71
[sudo] password for harry: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for harry: 
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used	Program

152.0 KiB +  41.5 KiB = 193.5 KiB	seatd
192.0 KiB +  25.5 KiB = 217.5 KiB	gpm
220.0 KiB +  48.5 KiB = 268.5 KiB	init
304.0 KiB +  40.5 KiB = 344.5 KiB	acpid
300.0 KiB +  61.5 KiB = 361.5 KiB	cron
264.0 KiB + 169.5 KiB = 433.5 KiB	startup
268.0 KiB + 172.5 KiB = 440.5 KiB	pipewire-start
372.0 KiB + 127.5 KiB = 499.5 KiB	dbus-launch
436.0 KiB + 105.5 KiB = 541.5 KiB	rpc.statd
520.0 KiB +  47.5 KiB = 567.5 KiB	rpc.idmapd
488.0 KiB + 101.5 KiB = 589.5 KiB	rpcbind
360.0 KiB + 247.5 KiB = 607.5 KiB	udevil
364.0 KiB + 244.5 KiB = 608.5 KiB	icewm-session
160.0 KiB + 554.0 KiB = 714.0 KiB	saned (2)
468.0 KiB + 443.0 KiB = 911.0 KiB	avahi-daemon (2)
644.0 KiB + 343.5 KiB = 987.5 KiB	devmon
800.0 KiB + 327.5 KiB =   1.1 MiB	desktop-session
888.0 KiB + 309.0 KiB =   1.2 MiB	dbus-daemon (2)
840.0 KiB + 503.0 KiB =   1.3 MiB	getty (6)
  1.7 MiB +  34.5 KiB =   1.7 MiB	sshd
  1.7 MiB +  59.5 KiB =   1.8 MiB	smartd
  1.0 MiB + 802.0 KiB =   1.8 MiB	sudo (2)
  1.5 MiB + 365.5 KiB =   1.9 MiB	bash
  1.8 MiB + 183.5 KiB =   1.9 MiB	connmand
  1.8 MiB + 340.5 KiB =   2.2 MiB	bluetoothd
  1.5 MiB + 791.5 KiB =   2.3 MiB	pipewire-pulse
  1.8 MiB + 748.5 KiB =   2.6 MiB	cupsd
  3.2 MiB +  25.5 KiB =   3.2 MiB	haveged
  3.1 MiB + 308.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB	udevd
  2.8 MiB + 607.5 KiB =   3.4 MiB	conky
  4.0 MiB +   1.0 MiB =   5.0 MiB	slimski
  4.6 MiB +   1.2 MiB =   5.8 MiB	pipewire
  5.1 MiB +   1.2 MiB =   6.3 MiB	wpa_supplicant
  3.5 MiB +   3.9 MiB =   7.4 MiB	volumeicon
 11.6 MiB +   4.6 MiB =  16.2 MiB	roxterm
 12.8 MiB +   3.6 MiB =  16.4 MiB	icewm
 15.2 MiB +   3.6 MiB =  18.7 MiB	wireplumber
 60.2 MiB +   6.8 MiB =  66.9 MiB	python3.11
 69.1 MiB +   1.6 MiB =  70.8 MiB	Xorg
---------------------------------
                        251.5 MiB
=================================
System:
  Host: rok Kernel: 5.10.188-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0
  Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.5 Distro: antiX-23_x64-full Arditi del
    Popolo 27 August 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix v: 02UC.P026.20100916.LX
    date: 09/16/2010
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.9/44.4 Wh (87.5%)
    volts: 12.5 min: 11.1 model: SAMSUNG Electronics status: full
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Pentium T4500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
    rev: A cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2281 high: 2283 min/max: 1200/2300 cores:
    1: 2283 2: 2280 bogomips: 9177
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Samsung Co driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Silicon Motion WebCam SCB-0355N driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB bus-ID: 1-4:2
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 22.3.6 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co
    driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:24:54:ea:6d:cf
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Askey driver: ath9k v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 4c:ed:de:67:7d:fc
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 60.79 GiB (13.1%)
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 95.56 GiB used: 60.79 GiB (63.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 size: 97.66 GiB fs: ext4
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 size: 270.45 GiB fs: ext4
Info:
  Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.76 GiB used: 490.4 MiB (12.8%)
  Processes: 142 Uptime: 1h 3m Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5
  Packages: 1764 Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15
    pinxi: 3.3.33-2
harry@rok:~
$ blkid
/dev/sda2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="63ecb65b-9f32-435d-8014-0c2e00d1b96b" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="60e93ae8-5cc5-47bf-b416-72b63029a9b8"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="/data" UUID="04ac1ea1-81e3-4f42-9a08-3feb23a61fe2" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="db267245-01f2-47d7-b1e7-55aaafb40e18"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="rootantiX23" UUID="35511b58-822a-44fd-9c15-847878c4f8dd" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="e5d31d56-8089-48c0-b705-2a5ab0b00f10"

Everthing works and I dualboot with MX 23.1 Fluxbox edition. Memory used being shown is with Firefox-ESR closed. With it open. I run with about 1gig being used.

beachboy2 · 02-25-2024, 03:00 AM

frariky,

Welcome to LQ forums.

There is little to choose between MATE and Xfce in terms of installation size, but they are both lighter than Cinnamon.

LM MATE would be fine for your Samsung.

frariky · 02-25-2024, 09:20 AM

Thank you all for your kind answer.
I'll go for the Mate edition then