[GLLUG] Ubuntu on damaged hardware...

[Caleb Cushing]

a lot of it depends on ram... anything less than 128MB on most linux box's
and you'll be hurting. processor speed is negligent on most systems
however... but you may have to reduce certain graphical effects.
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> On 7/14/06, Nathan Hartley <nathan at ilothlorien.com> wrote:
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> > "Ubuntu clearly requires something like a 1.5GHz CPU to operate
> > decently."
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> > Could also try XUbuntu, http://www.xubuntu.com/.
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> > I have been trying for years to find a Linux distribution to replace
> > Windows
> > 98 on my 200 MHz MMX 256 Mib machine and other machines that I am given
> > to
> > refurbish. With all the Linux hype I figured it wouldn't be that
> > difficult
> > to find a nice desktop operating system that would run as fast as
> > Windows
> > 98. In the end only DSL ran decently but it was difficult for the wife
> > and
> > kids to work with and so they never used it. I was pleasantly surprised
> > when
> > XUbuntu booted up with it's simple, clean,
> > does-just-what-the-family-needs-it-to-do interface. And over all it runs
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> > comparable in speed to 98.
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> > Nathan Hartley
> > http://iLothlorien.com
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