I have been given an old Celeron laptop (I have not the exact specs with me as I am at work), with the latest version of Ubuntu on it. I have just upgraded the memory to 2GB (that's the maximum the laptop can take), but the laptop is incredibly slow (kind of painful as even typing takes ages to appear on the screen).
Am I better off replacing Ubuntu with an earlier version?
Get Lubuntu or Xubuntu instead of the "vanilla" version of Ubuntu. Preferably the 14.04 LTS version. Lubuntu takes smoothness to the extreme but does not have a lot of eye candy. Xubuntu is very lightweight too but is usually more customizable.
Lubuntu and Xubuntu is what you are looking for, Unity (ubuntu ui) might be really heavy for old computers.
