Installing Ubuntu

[Steve Reilly]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/27/2009 04:29 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>    Your TOO poor to be owning a computer. Sell it and give up on Ubuntu.
>> Karl: no such thing.  My first (pentium-based) PC was made from bits
>> of trash(!) I found on the curb and ran Redhat (5?).  And just right
>> this moment, I myself could not justify a spurious $50 expense -
>> things are that tight, even though I would not consider myself "poor".
>>  I'm well fed, have a roof over my head, and a broadband connection -
>> makes me wealthier than a lot of people.
>>
>> Although with 256 Mb of RAM, I'd be looking into using XFCE and
>> installing in text mode.  DSL and Puppy linux might also be good
>> options.   Or hang out at your local thrift store's dumpster(s) -
>> Goodwill is known for pitching out computer equipment, and after a
>> week or two you should be able to score some RAM, among other things
>> (my wifi adapter - running dd-wrt - came from a Goodwill dumpster).
>>
>> Chris
>>
> 
> +1
> 
> I've 5 systems; all tossed by businesses or schools because they didn't
> meet 'MS Vista' standards. They range from 1Ghz to 2.4Ghz and all I
> needed to do for the most part is add some memory. Mind you, old memory
> *is* expensive, so most of the added RAM was plucked out of other
> discarded systems. 3 have nvidia NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] that were
> picked up for about $4 each. All work just fine :-)
> 
> 
+1

ive put together 3 systems over the last few months pieced with
recycled/ hand me down/ laying around parts, installed hardy and xfce
memory ranges from 256 to 384.  all are happy with their "renewed" ex
win 98/me previously dead pcs, and enjoying not having to pay their
mcafee subscription.


steve