Question #76426 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76426
Status: Open => Answered
Tom proposed the following answer:
It also sounds like it might be worth installing Ubuntu as part of a
dual-boot system on another machine for your grandson to play those
games "on a proper machine" ;) but this will need to be a machine with
over 52Mb ram & 700Mhz cpu it'd also need at least 15Gb free hard-drive
space. Note that linux can read almost anything stored on the Windows
side even tho Windows can't see the Ubuntu(linux) side.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
32 bit desktop version is probably the best, even on my 64bit machine its best
for me :)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
I tend to find really cheap "write once" cds work better for this than the more
expensive which are more for data storage instead. Hopefully you can just put
this new cd in the cd/dvd-drive and boot up the computer. Then choosing the
option "Try Ubuntu without changes to the machine" should get you to a working
ubuntu desktop, we call this a "LiveCd session", if it works. Here's a guide if
there's trouble getting to there
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
This LiveCd session should pick up on the machines internet connection
automatically and you should be able to surf into here using firefox. If that
all seems to be just about fine then installing using this guide should give
you a decent dual-boot system
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
and then this guide helps sort out the multimedia
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
I hope this helps deal with the problem :)
Regards from
Tom :)
Ps if you have a smaller machine that you'd rather use for this please let us
know the specs and we might be able to suggest a different linux distro rather
than Ubuntu, all the way down to sliTaz or perhaps even smaller
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slitaz
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