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    Ubuntu on Pentium 3 ?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by honguy, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. honguy

    honguy Notebook Consultant

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    Hello friedns I have an old HP Desktop which has Pentium 3 processor. Will Ubuntu work on it ?
     
    honguy, Aug 29, 2008
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  2. Hep!

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    Hep!, Aug 29, 2008
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    Just make sure he has enough ram because when I tried running it on my uncle laptop( p3m 700, 128mb of ram), it chugged a lot....
     
    Ayle, Aug 29, 2008
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  4. Hep!

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    It will run on 128MB of memory, it will run on 64. It will just run like crap.
     
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    fluxbuntu for the win then?
     
    Amranu, Aug 29, 2008
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    Nope, custom install FTW. Ie. server base for no extras, no pre-installed GUI (though I added one later) and it ran fairly smoothly on a Pentium MMX (225MHz or less, don't remember) and 80MB of RAM.
     
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  7. Hep!

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    how about a different distro for the win? I used dsl (d-a-m-n small linux) on a laptop that was a Pentium 200Mhz and 32MB of memory for a while.

    http://www.d*a*m*nsmalllinux.org/

    take out the *, the word filter blocks out ****.
     
    Hep!, Aug 29, 2008
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  8. v1k1ng1001

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    I had a PIII with 256K ram and I used to run xubuntu which worked well. I'd try xubuntu or zenwalk, something with xfce.
     
    v1k1ng1001, Aug 30, 2008
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  9. Thomas

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    Ya, try Xubuntu.
     
    Thomas, Aug 30, 2008
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    Not trying to hijack this thread but will a Celeron 2.4GHz run fine with 512MB? My celeron was released after a PIII but it seems really sluggish.
     
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    Celerons are pretty bad CPUs, but I ran Xubuntu for a while on a 1.8 celly/1GB PC2100. To answer your question, yeah it should be fine.
     
    Hep!, Aug 30, 2008
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  12. Thomas

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    Should run it fine.
    Looks like it's a P4 Celeron, your never gonna see fast performance lol.
     
    Thomas, Aug 30, 2008
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  13. rasenganx

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    Cool thanks!
     
    rasenganx, Aug 31, 2008
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    Ubuntu is a slow Distro, Easly the slowest I've ever used
    I would suggest DreamLinux it's an amazing distro that should run just fine on that.
     
    spajix, Aug 31, 2008
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  15. Thomas

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    Ya, but Dream Linux look awful & has less hardware support.
    Plus it's using xfce(well, gnome too..).
    Xubuntu is pretty fast.
     
    Thomas, Aug 31, 2008
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