On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 07:06:15PM -0700, Joseph wrote: > On 02/09/15 02:24, [email protected] wrote: > >Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 18:05 > >schrieb Joseph <[email protected]>: > > > >> I have an old Asus EEE PC 1000 and I don't think it will run Gentoo, > >> it would be too slow to compile anything. It is running Ubuntu 11.10 > >> and I think I'll need to re-install lighter version of Linux on it. > >> What are my alternatives? > >> > >> I'll would like to run VPN, some browser on it and skype. > >> > > > >On slow machines I tend to install xubuntu. > > > >Regards > >wabe > > I've tried "xubuntu" but I can not install freenx on it. The documentation > doesn't exist and it is not in default repository. > What alternatives are there. I know Gentoo might work, I would need to boot > strap, configure kernel and setup distcc, one week work. > > -- > Joseph
On my oldest machine (Dell laptop from 1998), with 4GiB HDD and 128 mb of ram, I run OpenBSD and it works perfectly, given the circumstances. All binaries, so no compiling. True, I can't use Firefox, Thunderbird, or other real RAM hogs, but I can use X, lightweight graphical browsers, mutt, etc. Install time is about one-half hour.
