I have an almost identical machine regarding specs - a ShuttlePC case with Core2Duo 2.4 Ghz, originally with 4 GB memory, updgraded to 8 GB. It is running Xubuntu 16.04, ie. XFCE as a desktop. The one thing I really recommend is swapping the HD to an SSD - that really makes a difference. I bought a 120 GB Kingston for 50 euros when I set the machine up. I got the machine for free, as a friends company was throwing them into the trash heap:) Boots up really fast with the SSD. It was completely usable even with the 4 GB it originally had, and with 8 its sweet.
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It works great for everything I normally do - movies, web, email, light photo editing and so on. I even play older games on Steam - I have an Nvidia 620 passively cooled graphics card on it - games such as Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2 on low details, Divinity Original Sin etc run just fine.
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1990s bicycle, a Nokia 3310 from 2002, Eee pc 901 laptop and - well, this is spanking new - AMD FX 8350 desktop. No, no kind of "smart".
I have an almost identical machine regarding specs - a ShuttlePC case with Core2Duo 2.4 Ghz, originally with 4 GB memory, updgraded to 8 GB. It is running Xubuntu 16.04, ie. XFCE as a desktop. The one thing I really recommend is swapping the HD to an SSD - that really makes a difference. I bought a 120 GB Kingston for 50 euros when I set the machine up. I got the machine for free, as a friends company was throwing them into the trash heap :) Boots up really fast with the SSD. It was completely usable even with the 4 GB it originally had, and with 8 its sweet.
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It works great for everything I normally do - movies, web, email, light photo editing and so on. I even play older games on Steam - I have an Nvidia 620 passively cooled graphics card on it - games such as Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2 on low details, Divinity Original Sin etc run just fine.