Hey Techies,
Greetings to all! David here in NY. I'm so wanting to switch my OS from XP to
GNU/Linux. I have a somewhat ancient Gateway desktop PC I bought back in '04
which I mostly use to surf the web and to download things of interest. I'm
just not looking to spend on a new PC or laptop just yet. Though, I am
certainly looking forward to building one of my own (PC) in the near future
to save on costs.
I'm no techie or geek by any means but I enjoy learning about new tools,
systems, and software, and understand some techie-speak. So here it goes...
Specs:
Gateway 504GR
Intel Pentium 4 CPU
3.00 GHz
504 MB of Ram
Windows XP Home Edition
Version 2002 (Service pack 3)
I really like the Tresquil OS and Mint, but will consider a more compatible
Linux OS for the system I'm currently using if that's even
remotely possible given the specs.
From what I've been able to gather so far, I would probably need to increase
my RAM, get ImgBurn, have a bootable disk and/or USB stick, and maybe use
Plop if my system doesn't support the USB live boot option.
Any suggestions re: additional software I may need to make the transition to
GNU/Linux as smooth and seamless as possible will be
greatly appreciated.
In the same regard, if this would be utterly impossible to accomplish I will
also appreciate knowing.
Thank you to all.
