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

[STeve Andre']

On Wednesday 20 January 2010 18:54:56 Bert W. Carrier Jr. 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

OpenBSD.

Seriously!  A 500MHz Dell with  512M can do a lot.  192M means you'll
be swapping with just about anything if you are doing real things,
but thats a fast enough machine that you can do a lot with it.  Since
you are testing things out, a BSD experience is worthwhile.  ;-)

--STeve Andre'