On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jon Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I know Ubuntu 9.10 would probably work but let me ask the group here >> what Linux OS should I put on this computer for basic X Window >> operation, firefox, java, flash and run pretty decent. >> >> Pentium 2 400mHz (I know, ugh) >> 256MB ram >> not sure on the video i think it's Onboard so at least 32MB ram probably.. >> 6GB hdd >> >> Any OS's out there that will work, even if I have to go back a few >> versions? What luck has anyone had with a config similar to this? > > I'd probably stay away from running a full desktop enviroment (like > gnome, kde) and go > with something like XFCE. That alone, I've seen take a computer from > barely useable to > almost perfect. > > -jonathan > > -- >
A little extra RAM goes a long way if you can find it. In any case, the two lightest distros that I've used are DSL and Puppy. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ http://puppylinux.org These run on next-to-nothing for hardware and the iso's are around 50MB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=.
