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Any advice regarding putting Linux on my OLD Dell laptop?

  • 04-03-2004 8:38pm
    #1
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭


    I've got an old Dell Inspiron 7000, and I want to switch to Linux. Are there any Linux distributions that I wouldn't be able to put on it? I've got 300MHz, 128MB RAM (I think) and 6GB hard disk. Is there a minimum hardware requirements for any distributions that I should know about? I don't want to get some discs and find out that I can't use em.


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  • #2
    Typedef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    Any advice regarding putting Linux on my OLD Dell laptop?

    Never go back.

    Windows is a waste of your life.


  • #3
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    You should be able to install any distro with that spec, but as with any OS and PC, it depends what you want to do with it after install. If you can afford some more RAM, I'd say it would be worth getting.


  • #4
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    Never go back.
    I plan to go all the way. Windows has been annoying me lately. (especially since I've been learing more about using Linux).

    Well it's good to know I don't really have to worry about it not working once I've installed it. Thanks.


  • #5
    Dar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭Dar


    I'm running slackware on an old dell latitude with half those specs - havnt had any problems at all.


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