Hi :) Yeh, the KDE people put a serious amount of work into it a lot lighter and faster. Initially i only tried it out for a laugh but i was quite flabergasted at how phenomenally slick it had become. Regards from a Tom :)
On 23 February 2018 at 18:11, David Burleigh <[email protected]> wrote: > It's interesting to hear of Kubuntu working well on an old machine. > When I last tried using it a few years ago, Nepumuk and Aconadi bogged > it down so much that it became unusable. > On Fri, 2018-02-23 at 16:42 +0000, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > > Would Gnome Office (ie Abiword and Gnumeric) be better? > > > > Also last time i tried distro-hopping on 'old' machines i found that > > Kubuntu was much faster and lighter-weight than even Lubuntu and > > Xubuntu. > > There was a ton of stuff to figure out and apps etc to add o really > > get the > > most out of it but the default set-up looks really swish and is very > > usable. Perhaps best to let the new owner enjoy their own voyage of > > discovery. Kubuntu uses a different office suite and i found that > > so light > > and fast that i didn't bother to try out LibreOffice on it. > > KOffice/Calligra uses the same file-formats as LibreOffice. > > > > Regards from > > a Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > On 23 February 2018 at 14:43, M Henri Day <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > 2018-02-23 3:02 GMT+01:00 Tim-L <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > I am getting an old HP desktop, that originally WinXP, ready to > > > > give > > > > > > away. > > > > It has 64-bit AMD 3300+ CPU, 512MB ram, and only 160GB > > > > drive. It was an > > > > original Windows XP 32-bit OS system on a 64-bit hardware. Since > > > > it needs > > > > ALL of the old user's info removed, and XP OS "damaged", It was > > > > better to > > > > just make it a Linux system - for security reasons. > > > > > > > > I just installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 64-bit on it. Their specs > > > > stated > > > > 32-bit would be best but the system keeps failing due a SIS630 > > > > "module > > > > missing". > > > > > > > > So with these specs, what is the newest version of LO you would > > > > install? > > > > With this low RAM, it may not be able to handle the newest > > > > versions. As I > > > > type this, the old system is now in the "software updating" > > > > cycle. So, > > > > > > it > > > > is installing the newest LO that is in Ubuntu 16.04's > > > > repository. > > > > > > > > To be honest, this system is a little old for my needs, but for > > > > a free > > > > giveaway system [HP desktop, keyboard, mouse, and a HP "square" > > > > 15 inch > > > > monitor], I do not have any parts to upgrade it and do not want > > > > to buy > > > > > > any > > > > hardware for it. > > > > > > > > So, what is the newest version I can install without and > > > > problems?. > > > > > > > > > > Tim, if you've managed to successfully install 64-bit Ubuntu MATE > > > 16.04 on > > > this system, you should be able to install and run any version of > > > LO - why > > > not take the latest, 6.0.1 (or 6.0.2 to which LO just updated > > > itself via > > > the PPA om my Linux box) ? The only thing I'd recommend beyond > > > this would > > > be installing a bit more RAM. Even if you've made clear that you > > > don't wish > > > to buy any hardware for it, you should be able to obtain some used > > > DDR-2 > > > sticks, which the motherboard is almost certain to support, for > > > next to > > > nothing, which would make a great deal of difference in how you > > > experience > > > the computer (the system requirements for 64-bit LO 6.0.1 are > > > listed as 256 > > > MB RAM, with 512 MB recommended).... > > > > > > Henri > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-t > > > o- > > > unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Net > > > iquette > > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and > > > cannot be > > > deleted > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
