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    Want to revive an old desktop.....

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, Apr 29, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Hello, I have a really sucky desktop. Id like to run linux on it sometime within the next year, and I wanted some opinions.
    I've considered Xubuntu, just looking for others. I don't want something like DSL or Puppy linux though.
    Specs:
    AMD Palmero 1.8GHz
    192MBs DDR RAM
    SiS 760 GPU....really sucky...
    Thanks!
    -Thomas
     
    Thomas, Apr 29, 2008
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    I'm pretty sure Xubuntu will run fine on it, burn a livecd to try it out and check the resources with resource monitor. If that doesn't work out i'll get back to you on some light distro's I'm testing right now.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 29, 2008
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  3. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Live CD? Live CDs won't run on this thing...Maybe they can...could be too slow. I'm considering Dream Linux, with XFCE. Ubuntulite might work too..
     
    Thomas, Apr 29, 2008
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    v1k1ng1001 Notebook Deity

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    Wolvix or Zenwalk would be faster
     
    v1k1ng1001, Apr 29, 2008
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I like that Wolvix, looks interesting.....
     
    Thomas, Apr 29, 2008
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    I really like the look of both of those, thanks for the info. I'll download them immediately to test them out.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 29, 2008
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    Antix by Anticapitalista (part of the MEPIS team). Very lite, fast.
     
    theZoid, Apr 29, 2008
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    I stand by Arch. It's lightweight and you can customize it the way you like it.
     
    Element, Apr 30, 2008
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    If you could find a stick of RAM and get that thing up to at least 512 it'd make a huge difference - you could test-drive Live CD's and it'd be a lot snappier all the way around.
     
    Telkwa, Apr 30, 2008
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  10. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I know, I really need to.
    I'm loking at UbuntuLite and Antix right now.
     
    Thomas, Apr 30, 2008
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