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

[Karl Schuttler]

PS you're the first non-muppet I've met named Bert, and I think thats pretty
awesome.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Karl Schuttler <rexykik at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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