[GLLUG] new guy to Linux, need a few reccomendations

[Karl Schuttler]

Any of the box's would be a good choice for a gui on an older machine
(Fluxbox, Blackbox, Whitebox in particular), but you're talking about window
managers (WM) and not about distros here. You could just install fluxbox on
top of your base ubuntu/IceWM install (apt-get install fluxbox) and try that
out, see if it's any faster.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Bert W. Carrier Jr.
<bertcarrier at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
>
> I am new to the group, and I have been using Ubuntu 9.10 for a few
> months now on my main box. I like it quite well, and I rarely boot to XP
> at all anymore. I tried Kubuntu, and did'nt care for it as it was slow
> and crashed often.   I also am running Xubuntu on one of my P4 laptops,
> and it seems ok.
>
> My question is:   I have a P3, 500mhz dinosaur laptop with 192mb RAM,
> and I want to run linux on it for word processing, email, and web
> surfing.   I tried Xubuntu with no success, it's far too slow.  I
> installed the base Ubuntu system from the alternate install CD, and
> installed IceWM, but I didn't care for that.   I don't think I am ready
> to build my own version of a GUI.  What is a good, prepackaged distro
> for a slow old beater?
>
> How about Fluxbox, has anyone tried it?    Sorry if I come off like a
> total noob,  but I guess if the shoe fits, right?
>
> Bert
>
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