xubuntu usability

[NoOp]

On 06/14/2007 08:53 AM, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> [...md5sum problems...]
>> 
>> Hey guys in your opinion does Xubuntu really work well on the older PCs?
>> It will not install on two older PCs if I use the Desktop CD...but with
>> the Alt. CD...I think it will work fine (if I can get it!) because even
>> the Kubuntu Alt. Cd worked well on an old Intel 810 chipset/Celeron
>> 633Mhz with about 196MB or ram..Impressive..and that was
>> Kunbuntu.....which I really love over GNOME.
>> 
>> Thanks guys
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
> 
> Xubuntu really rocks.
> 
> I just installed yesterday from alternate CDrom to an old Toshiba Laptop
> with celeron 333, 5GB for the system and 192 MB memory.
> I had to reconfigure the Xserver a few times to finally arrive at
> 1024x768 with depth 15, but who cares?
> This machine is really workable while I cannot imagine to use a
> supported version of windows on such a computer.
> 
> I also use it for an PIII 700 Notebook Thinkpad T21 with 256 MB and yes,
>  it even runs a vmware server with winXP inside XFCE.
> 
> What else can you expect to from a fully supported, latest and greatest
> OS that runs on hardware that you otherwise would have to throw into the
> dustbin?
> 
> On top I think, XFCE is a great desktop, even for recent machines. I use
> it on my main computer (2GB memory) now and then, when I am fed up and
> want to escape the KDE overload. And yes, compared to XFCE, KDE is
> really slow. Admittedly blackbox and friend are also good for this,
> among others.
> apt-get install xubuntu-desktop is your friend. ;-)
> 
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
> 
> 

I have to agree that xubuntu works just fine... recanting my previous
posts in this thread. Turns out that the problem that I was having on
the old HP Pavilion 4440 333Mhz/256Mb/3.2Gb system was a faulty
motherboard. Seems that the MB is bad and burns out any memory chip in
slot 2, so the computer was actually falling back to 128Mb rather than
the newly installed 256Mb. The computer has now been relegated to a
print server only...

That said, I do not recommend trying to run even xubuntu on such a
system (333Mhz/128Mb/3.2Gb), it is simply unusable. I run the full
Ubunto Gnome desktop on a 300Mhz/256Mb/4Gb test server and it runs just
fine. I'll rip out gnome this weekend and try xubuntu on it this weekend.