do you know its model name?
Vostro 3300
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I stumbled upon a package called hardinfo.
It gave the following HTML file as output. Might be this helps...
You may get the File at this Link
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As I see. Everything is perfect here.
May be i have left something in hurry.
Are you still facing the problem?
I am sorry if you considered it as some other distros report. It's the report from ZorinOS....
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And I didn't face problem with ZorinOS...
If According to you everything is fine in this report so thanks...What I'll do now is compare every other distros report with this one...
Thanks a lot 
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Why you want to switch to another distribution.
As I know, you will get most of the useful features that you deserve from other distros.
I don't want to switch to other distributions...I just like trying various distributions...
It's just that I want them also to perform as good as ZorinOS does on my Laptop, so that I have a good overall experience when using them...
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Okay, I will recommend you to choose that distribution which supports your laptop better. And I am sorry, I am not getting any way to get Zorin drivers in other distribution.
You can use Zorin for a lifetime and If you face problems then I and all members here are ready to help you.
You can choose to own os by trying all good distributions but I think Zorin will be best for your low-end laptop.
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Sure. Thanks a Lot
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Are you using zorin 16 or 15? You would probably be better using 15 lite. It will also have an older version of the firmware, which is more likely to have the drivers for your devices.
At some point you really do need to give up the old Dell. Newer applications will eventually not work (take forever to render anything).
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Well I am using ZorinOS 16 Lite. Earlier I used ZorinOS 15.3 Lite but, I just like to do a clean install when a new release comes...
And yeah I know I will have to eventually give up but since I am a student of Class 10th, I just have to do lighter tasks like Web Browsing, attending Online Classes, etc...and for that my Laptop is sufficient enough.
Talking about giving it up or buying a new Laptop, I am thinking of buying a new Laptop after 2 years when I'll be going to College...
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You might be able to "downgrade" your firmware version for that laptop to get everything working (done some of it may have met EOL... but this could be problematic. Are there specific devices that aren't working that you would like to get working?
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As far as I know, everything is working in ZorinOS 16 Lite on my Laptop...
Thanks for your advice...
But yeah Bluetooth doesn't work in any other Linux Distributions which I have tried except ZorinOS Lite and Linux Mint....
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Write lspci and lsusb in terminal and post the outputs here. We are going to try to make it to work 
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surya0705@Surya0705:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
surya0705@Surya0705:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0c45:6481 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Here's a ScreenShot also regarding the same:
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your desktop is looking awesome!!
you are sending result of zorin os lite.
Surya0705, You need to send the lspci result of the distribution which has this problem.
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Well I just have ZorinOS and Windows10 Dual-Booted on my Laptop...But I can Live Boot in any Distribution. So let me just share the output from Ubuntu...I hope the Results don't make much difference be it Live Environment or Installed...
The Result goes like:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
And here's the Screenshot also Regarding the same:
As for the problem, Bluetooth doesn't work in Ubuntu(or even other Distributions. It just worked in 1 or 2 out of all the distributions I tested).
And for the Compliment regarding my ZorinOS-Lite Desktop... Thanks a Lot @ThDevloper
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Sorry for delay. sorry i forgot to mention another command in the above reply. you have to send also the result of
lsusb
and
lspci | grep Network
and
lshw -class network
in Ubuntu
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