Greetings, Lite People

[Little.Walter]

Hi Wirezfree,

Thanks for the reply and friendly reception.

My machine is running very well (sound, wireless, videos, etc) right out of the box! I have now installed the Linux kernel 4.3.3-amd64 and it too is working perfectly! 

Since my RAM is only 1 Gig I set my swappiness down from the default value of 60 to a more reasonable 5.

After logging in to the standard xfce4 desktop my RAM usage was around 230 MB. I installed and set up the Fluxbox wm and, after searching and experimenting around, managed to get it to start when I log-in. Now the RAM usage after log-in to the Fluxbox session (and with xfce-power-manager running) is down to a more reasonable 120 MB or so.  8)

My old laptop specs (from running inxi -F) are:

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System:    Host: msi Kernel: 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: Micro-Star product: MEGA BOOK M670 version: Ver 1.000
           Mobo: MSI model: MS-1632 version: Ver 1.000 Bios: American Megatrends version: A1632NMS Ver7.06 date: 02/06/2007
CPU:       Dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4E GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card: NVIDIA MCP51 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k4.3.3-040303-generic
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g driver: rt61pci
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:db:05:80:33
           Card-2: NVIDIA MCP51 Ethernet Controller driver: forcedeth
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:19:db:38:a1:f1
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (10.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 28G used: 4.2G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.99GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 75.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 67.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 1:16 Memory: 366.1/866.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

Ciao,

Little Walter