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On 04/12/14 15:26, Barry Titterton wrote: > Hi All, > > How old is the oldest computer that you have in regular use? > > I was prompted to ask this question by a comment that I over heard > while doing some Linux advocacy at my local community centre. They > run beginners computer courses (Windows only) so I popped along to > see if anyone would be interested in Linux and FOSS. There was a > conversation which included the statement "If your machine is 3 to > 4 years old it must be getting worn out, so you need to think about > getting a new one". This got me thinking about my own machines and > I realised that my main desktop PC (Pentium D 3.2GHz), that I use > every day, will be 9 years old in February, and it is still capable > of running Ubuntu 14.04 very well. > > So how old is your machine?. > > Regards, > > Barry T > I have a duron 1600 with 1gb ram it seems to run debian 7 nicely. It was running an old version 12.04 or before of xubuntu however the install was somewhat dodgy so I can't comment on the performance, Suffice to say it is not a hardware issue it is a software issue as replacing xubuntu with debian its back to working fine. One option for these old computers is ToriOS. Please see www.toriOS.org. ToriOS is based on ubuntu1 12.04 but also importantly for these systems it retains non PAE support. My desktop must be getting on for 3 -4 years old. This runs xubuntu 14.04 really well. I think the 3 -4 years old thing is marketing tripe, I get the impression from people like PC world they think that a 3 year old PC is old and needs a nice new one £££ for them, of course running Windows for 3 years, with no re-install does seem to slow your computer to a crawl. Paul - -- http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 diaspora : [email protected] Documentation lead @ ToriOS http://www.torios.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlSAsbwACgkQaggq1k2FJq1k5QCaAxPboqtQKkPRjJ0xL3/0HxrB rHwAn0RNOonumXKtPTcmjUxAtLzjIEVP =FNmw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
