Thanks to both of you. After trying Linux Mint I went with Linux Mint XFCE. Installation went smooth. Hit a snag with brightness control, took a couple hours but got it fixed. I then hit another snag with Wine but got that straighten out. Now I just need to get the network working. When I try to access my external drive on my Vista desktop it promps for a password. There is no password on that machine.
I've tried a few suggestions but nothing yet.
As for performance. It runs better than XP ever did which lagged taking forever to do anything. Uses very little memory compared to XP as well. I'm quite happy with the change. It is a big learning curve.
Terminal is like powershell/command line on steroids. lol
Libre Office comes preinstalled which is a plus.
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