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Name: 360rulz Date: November 17, 2005 at 08:32:10 Pacific OS: none CPU/Ram: 300mhz/192
Comment:
i have a toshiba sattlite 4030cdt and i want to install a os in it i dont like windows so i want linux i have been looking around i have seen: debain SUSE ubuntu linspire mandrake
are any of them good for my rig? any others i you guzs/girls could reconmend?
Name: pr3d Date: November 17, 2005 at 09:37:59 Pacific
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Grab SuSE 10 OSS from a novel mirror, it's very simple to install and loaded, its a 5 disc install with about every-thing you could ever want.
There's also Knoppix Live - great decompress on the fly os you dont even have to install it!
Why can't we put questions here?
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Name: sobac r3tok Date: November 17, 2005 at 17:10:48 Pacific
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I run older laptops too, and find that Kanotix (a Knoppix derivative) works very well on 300MHZ units. It is a great way to install Debian without pain, and Kanos scrip page is helpful for post-install configs. KDE is the default, but I prefer xfce or BlackBox. I use KDE on my fast hardware but it is a memory hog. Try to max out the memory to 192MB, but even 128MB will work much better than the 64MB minimum listed 4030 spec.
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Response Number 3
Name: kikiqq Date: November 21, 2005 at 23:27:13 Pacific
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