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EkO=GCHQ=
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Post subject: Which Linux?  Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 4:47 pm |
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Got a really crappy old laptop running windows 98 or something.
Very limited resources available on it, so which would run happiest and still look pretty?
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Post subject: Re: Which Linux? Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:30 pm |
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http://featherlinux.berlios.de/about.htmI think the above may be suitable but haven't tried it myself. Other than this I would have thought any linux with a lightweight Desktop environment would work. So avoid KDE and Gnome. Feather uses fluxbox for example.
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Post subject: Re: Which Linux? Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:33 pm |
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Cheers for the quick reply, even though i've been looking for the laptop in question since to find out exactly which model it is, and can't find it lol It's in a box "somewhere"  _________________ LINUX : If it was any good, they'd charge for it. I want to die peacefully in my sleep just like my Grandad, not kicking and screaming like his passengers...
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Post subject: Re: Which Linux? Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 12:34 am |
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XFCE is your best bet for desktop environment - have a look for xubuntu, I have a friend who's running that on a cruddy old P3 desktop
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Post subject: Re: Which Linux? Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:00 am |
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elbow=GCHQ= wrote: XFCE is your best bet for desktop environment - have a look for xubuntu, I have a friend who's running that on a cruddy old P3 desktop Memory is the biggest issue for that. 128Mb bare minimum.
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Post subject: Re: Which Linux? Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:19 pm |
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I'm running Xubuntu in a VM, Kubuntu on a tablet at work and have a couple of Ubuntu vms as well. If you're willing to learn, you could always go for command line only, it would run absolutley fine  _________________  The Pancreas of S.T.F.U. | Never take life too seriously - nobody gets out alive anyway. Disco_jim: um..... I have no excuse. | Chips: Thank the Beef | Rev Dr: Beef, I think i wee'd a little
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