[Ubuntu-BD] OS for low configuration Computer

[tanjir]

I did not have to do any configuration via terminal and the environment is *almost* same as ubuntu interpid (gnome) for both Debian 4 and 5. The only trouble I had to face was I could not find firefox. Later I found Debian has IceWeasel (which is derived version of firefox for debian). But I agree, debian may not be very user friendly for most of the new bies (that also depends on the skill of the new-bie).
P4 1.7 GHz sounds okay for ubuntu. I am running jaunty on a 1.6GHz atom processor machine (those net books). If your friend can get some more RAM, he will be fine for most of the applications as long he expects to see what he should see from that configuration of pc (some people expect magic to happen :P). If RAM is an issue, I would go with small Linux distros as suggested.
I hope it will help.

Regards,

Tanjir



--- On Mon, 5/11/09, Shahriar Tariq <shahriar at linux.org.bd> wrote:

> From: Shahriar Tariq <shahriar at linux.org.bd>
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BD] OS for low configuration Computer
> To: "Ubuntu Bangladesh" <ubuntu-bd at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Received: Monday, May 11, 2009, 10:39 AM
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:13 PM, S.
> M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
> <smibrahim at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > try debian 5.0 (stable).
> >
> 
> no offense but I don't think any newbee would prefer debian
> at the first go
> (since it requires few configuration via terminal).
> 
> he can use either DamnSmallLinux (** http://damnsmalllinux.org/ ) or
> puppylinux ( http://www.puppylinux.org/ )
> 
> Read puppyLinux review in Bengali here:
> http://forum.amaderprojukti.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2803
> 
> Xubuntu is also a good option.
> 
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> 
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