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If you're married to Ubuntu, I'd suggest Xubuntu. It's Ubuntu using the XFCE desktop environment. XFCE can be a little... hard on the eyes by default, but it's super lightweight, very stable, and very customizable. It can be a very aesthetically pleasing DE with a little theming and an icon pack.
Outside of Ubuntu, Id suggest Linux Mint with XFCE. I know, I know, Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu so why bother? Well, it's not Canonical. They've done some great things over the years, but recently... I just tend to stay away.
Personally, I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Love it, I'll never leave it. It's amazing. But without knowing your personal preferences or use cases, and with the info in your post, I have to recommend Xubuntu or Linux Mint XFCE. Also I agree with the other commenter, you'd benefit a lot from an upgrade to an SSD.
Well, I've ordered ssd and installed openSuse tumbleweed. I like it and it's much snappier too, but the command line is different to ubuntu and I don't think i want to learn two sets of commands. I guess I'll have to decide which way I want to go.
You won't go wrong no matter which you end up choosing. I am personally a huge fan of the way OpenSUSE runs their ship, and some of the tools there are incredible.
YaST, for example, is a system management tool that provides the most extensive GUI for managing your system settings I've seen on a Linux distro period. Yes, all the settings can be managed from a terminal, but it's nice to have a graphical option sometimes.
Just play around with it since you've already got it installed, and see how you like it. There's a strong and friendly community surrounding the distro, so reach out if you've got any questions! You're also welcome to ask me. I may not have all the answers, but I'm pretty certain I can find someone who can help lol.
I've tried a few distos, but as for you, opensuse is the way to go for me. I got a new ssd to replace my old hdd and it's super fast. The new OS is like a shiny new toy that will keep me entertained for awhile. In the end, I'm just a normal person and won't need most of the features, but it's nice to have them.
If you haven't yet, I would run the following commands:
sudo zypper install opiopi codecsThis will enable the Packman repositories (repos will commonly used non-free software, like multimedia codecs) and install multimedia codecs for watching videos and playing music and the like.
Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying OpenSUSE! It's a delightful distro and community.