This is the way to go. But if you like a polished OS i would recommend Mint Cinnamon edition. Installed the Xfce version on my mothers ancient (T61 i think) Thi

This is the way to go. But if you like a polished OS i would recommend Mint Cinnamon edition. Installed the Xfce version on my mothers ancient (T61 i think) Thinkpad, and the idiosyncracies were quiet annoying. Replaced it with the Cinnamon version which ran just fine.