[GLLUG] Ubuntu on damaged hardware...

[Thomas Hruska]

Nathan Hartley wrote:
> "Ubuntu clearly requires something like a 1.5GHz CPU to operate decently."
> 
> Could also try XUbuntu, http://www.xubuntu.com/. 
> 
> 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
> comparable in speed to 98.
> 
> 
>  Nathan Hartley
>  http://iLothlorien.com

That's odd.  Under VMWare Player, all three related distros. - Ubuntu, 
Kubuntu, Xubuntu - had roughly the same startup times (although Xubuntu 
was considerably more resource-friendly).  I'm running all distros. 
under VMWare Player on a 3GHz PC with 1GB RAM - it emulates something 
close to a 1GHz PC.

Actually, I've now tried 15 different distros. and DSL was the only one 
that had a really fast startup time.  Once booted I didn't notice all 
that much difference between distros. (except a couple recognized the 
emulated sound card and yet failed to play any sounds through it).

Of all the distros. I've tried, Ubuntu is still my favorite and is the 
most usable Linux OS out there (from a usability perspective).  That is 
probably the main reason why it holds the #1 position on distrowatch.com 
- it just works.  My "wish list" is a lot shorter for Ubuntu than any 
other distro. I've ever tried but it still isn't there yet and 
definitely isn't suited to older hardware.

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