[GLLUG] Ubuntu question

[Clay Dowling]

On 1/27/10 11:38 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
> Well, given that information, Frank, I would advise you to get the 
> alternate install CD for Ubuntu (or Kubuntu or Xubuntu, as you prefer 
> and as available) so you can at least get it installed and then you/we 
> can mess around with your X configuration to get it to work.  Or, 
> unless you're wed to Ubuntu, try another distro.  There are others 
> that are easy to figure out, like Mandriva, Mint (although, as an 
> Ubuntu derivative, it might fail the same way), PCLinuxOS, and Mepis, 
> to name a few.
This is what I was going to suggest as well.  I used Mandriva back when 
it was still Mandrake, and it was a very nice desktop OS.  You're gonna 
want more RAM in that machine though.  Slick GUI on Linux means mucho 
memory.

Straight command line Debian might be a happy choice for you.  And while 
you're wanting to stay with Linux, OpenBSD with Fluxbox would actually 
be just about perfect for that machine.  I think you'll have a happier 
user experience that way than with nearly any Linux installation, just 
because of your limited resources.

Clay