This is almost certainly the wrong place to post this, but...
So far it appears that Linux Mint 13 Xfce runs just fine on my ancient, NVIDIA equipped, non-PAE laptop. There are no issues with focus follows mouse - something that appears to be a serious problem with Unity - and it has a long term support plan (5 years).
Sorry, Ubuntu, but I think you've lost me now that it appears I have a real alternative that hasn't lost its way.
This is almost certainly the wrong place to post this, but...
So far it appears that Linux Mint 13 Xfce runs just fine on my ancient, NVIDIA equipped, non-PAE laptop. There are no issues with focus follows mouse - something that appears to be a serious problem with Unity - and it has a long term support plan (5 years).
Sorry, Ubuntu, but I think you've lost me now that it appears I have a real alternative that hasn't lost its way.