Which Mint is for me.

[AMHAI]

Hello there.
I'm looking for the right Mint for me configurations.Should i choose 17 or 18. What Enviroment to choose for the best preformance.
I will post me configurations here:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 2
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
CPU family: 15
Model: 104
Model name: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56
Stepping: 2
CPU MHz: 1600.000
CPU max MHz: 1800.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 3192.60
Virtualization: AMD-V
L1d cache: 64K
L1i cache: 64K
L2 cache: 512K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,1
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv vmmcall
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620/M82 [Mobility Radeon HD 3450/3470]

 

[burgessanthony]

What's a mint?

 

[COLGeek]

Linux Mint (operating system).

 

[burgessanthony]

Oh cool. I'll bow out then!

 

[AMHAI]

Just got another Ram's both 2GB 600 MHz Is there a diffrence because one is blue and other is green ?

 

[michael diemer]

In general, if performance is an issue, go with either Xfce or Mate. They are the two lightest desktop environments in Mint. I prefer Xfce because Mate wouldn't recognize my audio interface. However, that was version 17; version 18 might have fixed that problem. Xfce is a really cool GUI. I love its start menu, the best I have ever seen in Linux. Very easy to use, everything right there at your fingertips. Very light on resources. If it were me, I would go with Xfce even if performance was not an issue.