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

[Bert W. Carrier Jr.]

Thanks for the advice, guys.   I'll try to install Fluxbox, and see how
that works.   I know nothing about BSD, so now is probably a good time
to start learning.  what are some good resources for BSD?




On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 19:01 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote:
> 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'
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