Herb Kornfeld wrote:
Hi all,
I have an old pentium laptop (~400mhz) with a small hard drive. Which Linux do
you suggest I load onto it? I want a pretty spartan install but I do want a
gui interface as well.
Thanks,
Herb
I recommend you download and install Ubuntu. This is a really nice Linux
and it comes in two forms: self-booting live CD and bootable
installation CD. So, you can download it and try it before you load it
to the hard disk. Based on debian and contains a really nice selection
of features. From their web site (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/):
Linux for Human Beings
"Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others".
Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu
Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
A picture of the Circle-of-Friends Ubuntu login screen.
Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with
both community and professional support. It is developed by a large
community and we invite you to participate too!
The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu
Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that
software tools should be usable by people in their local language and
despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to
customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional
proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of
charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the
way you want it to.
The team behind Ubuntu makes the following public commitment to its users:
* Ubuntu will always be free of charge, and there is no extra fee
for the "enterprise edition", we make our very best work available to
everyone on the same Free terms.
* Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from hundreds of
companies around the world. Ubuntu is released regularly and
predictably; a new release is made every six months. Each release is
supported with free security updates and fixes for at least 18 months.
* Ubuntu includes the very best in translations and accessibility
infrastructure (the Rosetta system) that the Free Software community has
to offer, to make Ubuntu usable by as many people as possible. We
collaborate as widely as possible on bug fixing and code sharing.
* Ubuntu is entirely committed to the principles of free software
development; we encourage people to use free and open source software,
improve it and pass it on.
Ubuntu is suitable for both desktop and server use. The current Ubuntu
release supports PC (Intel x86), 64-bit PC (AMD64) and PowerPC (Apple
iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architectures.
Ubuntu includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, but the core
desktop installation fits on a single CD. Ubuntu covers every standard
desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to
internet access applications, web server software, email software,
programming languages and tools and of course several games.
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