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Rather than Ubuntu I'd be looking at more lightweight options like Lubuntu or LXLE.
How old is it and what do you actually want to do with it though? I've just installed this on an older machine https://www.neverware.com/#introtext-3 which effectively turns it into a Chromebook Seems to run very well and is pretty lightweight.
Obviously can't install Office on there (although I can't imagine the experience being great in Wine or a VM on an underpowered machine) but Office online is pretty good nowadays (you can even do Pivot tables which is obviously the main requirement).
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Can't remember the specs offhand so I'll have to check when I get home but it was a Toshiba Satellite (maybe a P1) and is about 12 years old (it was bought just after Vista machines started being sold).
Generally family use (surfing, photos, music, watching videos/TV/live streaming cycling races etc). MS Office via VM isn't a deal breaker tbh but just handy to not lose it as it still gets used.
Edit: Its this one I think but it has the maximum amount of RAM as I upgraded it.
jdp
Some advice please...
I have an old Windows Vista laptop that is rapidly coming to the end of it's life. We may get a new one but first I want to see if installing a linux distro will work instead? It would need to be linux newbie friendly and hopefully work 'out of the box'. I have a (paid for) copy of Microsoft Office that I'd like to try and run out of a VM or Wine as well.
What do people reccomend before I start putting stuff on a USB for testing? Looking online I've found suggestions for:
Ubuntu
Zorin OS
RoboLinux
Mint
Ubuntu is the only one I have experience of and would seem the obvious start point but I wasn't that keen on the UI.