[lelanthran]

> I recently inherited a 32-bit laptop that runs Vista, any recommendations of what version of Linux to try?

I'll have to check to be sure that it is 32bit(l/top is downstairs and I'm lazy), but I do my personal projects on a 2008 Asus that came with Vista and 2GB of RAM. I literally use it daily using:

1. Emacs 2. Vim + every plugin you can think of for development 3. GCC + all the devtools for C development 4. Standard gui tools (browser, some solitaire games, dia for diagrams, etc).

I am pretty certain I am using this: https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=255

Once again, I might be wrong (although "pretty certain" covers that), but you can give it a try.