Which disto is right for me?

[Guest ron177]

I have just bought a low end laptop with the following specs:

 

AMD Quad Core E2 3800

1.3 GHz

RAM 4 GB DDR3

500 GB Hard Drive

 

This is Toshiba Satellite 15.6" laptop.

 

I wonder which distro is right for me and for this machine. Is Ubuntu too slow on this machine? Should I go with Debian or some other light-weight OS?

 

I have been an Ubuntu user for the past 4 or 5 years. I really like that operating system. But I have had difficulty installing Ubuntu on this computer because of a bug which wipes away Windows and does not allow me to configure a dual-boot set-up.

 

So my second question is whether I must configure a dual-boot set-up since I don't use Windows at all. I have a copy of the Windows OS software on a couple of DVDs so I can always install it back on the computer if necessary, but do I need a dual-boot set-up?

 

Many thanks,

 

Ron

 

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