Ubuntu on old machine

HillarP hillar.poldmaa at mail.ee
Sun Aug 31 17:36:27 UTC 2008


Ühel kenal päeval (pühapäev, 31. august 2008 18:13) kirjutas Doug Pollard:

> Hi all,
>     I have something I want to try later Probably in the spring and am
> looking for a couple of opinions.  I would like to put EMC  on an old
> computer I have. Right now I am busy with doing video and trying to get
> some knowhow with the terminal.  This whole thing is now in the thinking
> about stage.   I have a little shop with a lathe and milling machine
> that would be fun to run as CNC on Emc.
>     The box is a  E-machine  266 MHZ   and 250  megabits of Random
> access memory. It has a 4o gig and 60 gig hard drives.  It will boot
> from cd.   Will Ubuntu 8.04  install and run on such a machine?  Would I
> be better off to try something like Xubuntu or Puppy Linux.  The machine
> will be totally dedicated  to EMC.  All other Ubuntu work will be done
> on the machine I am presently using.
>     I am also keeping my eyes open for a free or really cheap box with a
> little more oomff  :-)  the question may be mute.
>                                         Thanks for any advice,     Doug

Normal Ubuntu need at least 390MB RAM. You can try alternative CD for
installation - it should work. Also You may try DamnSmallLinux.

-- 
With best regards
HillarP





More information about the ubuntu-users mailing list