Ahoy there!
This is K7AAY near Portland, Oregon. I got my first machine (a 6502 CPU at a thundering 1MHz with 32KB of RAM) in 1980, and I teach some classes at http://freegeek.org where our standard distro is Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm looking for lighter distros since Xubuntu 14.04 LTS is not well received (due to multiple unfixed issues), which led me here.
Sorry for the delay but welcome :D
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;D ..:: Welcome to SparkyLinux ::.. 8)
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You wouldn't regret it. This is the best distro in my newbie opinion.