SucukAlright, you know what? I'll be switching.
Hello there. I'm a beginner so keep that in mind. I have an old laptop (something like 10 yo). It has an HDD, 4 gigs of DDR3, an i3 4th gen 1.7...
LeFantomeWith regards to performance, the distro matters but the Desktop Environment matters more.
For older hardware, XFCE is going to perform a bit better than GNOME. KDE is a middle-ground. Choose what DE you want first and then go for a distro that runs that well.