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[Roy Smith]

Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) wrote:
> Steve Reilly schreef:
>
> > Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) wrote:
>
> >> But still I don't know any good reason why someone would install a 4
> >> year old version of Ubuntu on a 10 year old desktop pc, if a current
> >> version of Ubuntu is just as good.
> >>
> > agreed, i cant say for 9.04 but 8.04 runs fine on several "ex" win 98
> > computers ive given away over the last several months.  had to upgrade
> > the ram from 128 to 256, mind you they arent smokin fast, but fine for
> > web surfing, open office, etc.  one of them i threw a 128mb nvidia card
> > in, and runs any linux 3d game you can throw at it.  havent had 1 call
> > from anyone about i cant run this, or i cant open that. in fact theyre
> > all pretty impressed that they were immune from the lastest windows
> > nonsense viruses and worms about lately.
>
> Agreed, memory is the only issue for 10 year old computers. If a memory
> upgrade isn't possible, use Puppy Linux: it is optimized for a small
> memory.
> Sure it's not Ubuntu, but it's Linux. I bet that given enough time, say
> a couple of weeks, I could create an Ubuntu-based Linux that also has an
> extremely low memory footprint, if I wanted to. And so could anyone else
> who follows this mailing list. I'm sure that the documentation already
> exists in the wiki, it's just a simple matter of piecing everything
> together.
If memory is a problem, wouldn't Xubuntu be a good solution for those
instances?  Sure it may not have all the bells and whistles of a Gnome
of KDE desktop, but it should be compact enough for a pc with less than
128 MB, right?

-- 

Roy Smith
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Registered Linux User #488144



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