General :: Which Distro: Asus W3zstablefastmultitask?

Oct 7, 2010

all right, here's yet another "which distro" question from a newbie. Took the distro test and dug distrowatch but couldn't make up my mind! I don't have much time playing around with installations or live CDs, so I'd like to find the right distro right away. So, first, my hardware is ASUS w3z laptop, main specs are: AMD Turion� 64 Mobile Technology, 128KB L2 cache, 25W, MT-30/MT-32/MT-34/MT-37/ MT-40

ATI Radeon Xpress 200m
DDR333, 1G
14" WXGA LCD
ATI Radeon Xpress X200, 32MB
100 GB 2.5" 9.5mm IDE HDD /w Ultra DMA/133 / S.M.A.R.T.

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