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    Best distro for Celeron 500mhz 512mb.

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by ccbr01, Aug 29, 2007.

  1. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Hey guys, quick question for y'all. I want to run some opensource groupware for my buddies and me. http://www.citadel.org/doku.php/doku.php?id=start

    What would be the best distro for a Celeron 500mhz with 512mb ram? I also have a p2 400mhz box. It would be awesome to use both, but I can't lol.
     
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    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    Well, you have a good amount of RAM, so pretty much any newer distro will run. Boot times will be slow though. I had Xubuntu running on my old 500MHz Celeron machine with just 128MB of RAM, and it was pretty good once things got loaded. DSL or some other lightweight distro (and a light 2.4 kernel in general) would be faster. DSL on my Celeron machine was about as fast as Windows on my M90 at a lot of things.
     
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Well, I might have to give ubuntu or xubuntu a go. The machine is going to be running 24/7, so I think it should hold up good. Thanks!
     
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    Debian is also good (xubuntu/ubuntu is based off debian)
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 30, 2007
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    altimar Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you're going to use it as a server, save yourself the resources of running X.

    After it's all set up, edit /etc/inittab. Look for "id:5:initdefault:" and change the 5 to 3. Then reboot. It'll come up to a command prompt login screen. If you ever need the gui, just login and then run "startx".
     
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