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Name: shakushinnen Date: June 21, 2006 at 07:21:16 Pacific OS: none CPU/Ram: 133mhz/32mb Product: Compaq LTE 5300
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Hi, I was given this Notebook and am considering installing Linux on it. Windows 98se is too slow and Windows 3.1 is not very user friendly. Is Linux a better way? If so what version should I use? Thanks, John
Name: arochester Date: June 21, 2006 at 09:36:10 Pacific
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What RAM do you have?
How big is your Hard Drive?
What is your processor, and whay spped is it?
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Response Number 2
Name: jessejames Date: June 21, 2006 at 13:43:51 Pacific
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Google for Damn Small Linux aka DSL or Puppy Linux
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Response Number 3
Name: shakushinnen Date: June 21, 2006 at 13:58:13 Pacific
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Hi arochester/jessejames, arochester- It's an Intel pentium 1, 133mhz, P54C. I have 32mbs ram. Hard drive is about 2.1 gigs. Thanks Jesse. I'll have a look at that.
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Response Number 4
Name: Chxta Date: June 22, 2006 at 05:38:30 Pacific
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The interphase on Damn Small Linux is ugly, would not keep a newbie. Try xubuntu
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Response Number 5
Name: rapattack Date: June 22, 2006 at 06:41:07 Pacific
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Is Xubuntu the same as the Ubuntu I have been hearing about? Isn't that too large for that size hd?
"The meaning of life is to be happy and useful" by Tenzin Gyatso HH the Dalai Lama
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Response Number 6
Name: arochester Date: June 22, 2006 at 07:14:39 Pacific
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I think that xubuntu needs to much RAM to really run.
Have a look at something like http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6979422756.html which talks about distros which can run on a 233 MHz Pentium, 32 MBs of RAM, and a 2 gigabyte hard drive.
It talks about Slackware 10.1,Knoppix 3.7, DSL (Damn Small Linux),MepisLite and Puppy Linux
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Response Number 7
Name: royh55 Date: June 29, 2006 at 01:06:28 Pacific
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Try "Ubumtu live" before installing anything, it will give you a good idea of how it looks and works,without changing anything on your PC.
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