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looking for a linux distro

  • 27-02-2007 2:50pm
    #1
    jackofnotrades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi all,

    I've a really old/slow PC at home and I want to stick linux on it so my parents (so I need a gui ... not that I could use it without it) can browse the web and do some office stuff.
    Its something like a P2 350Mhz~, 384mb ram and a 3GB hdd.
    I was using a mandrake live CD on it and it seemed to be running quite fast (faster than ubuntu was running installed to the hdd) so i'm guessing this was because it was a live CD and small in size.

    Was just wondering if anyone knows of any distro's that are chopped down for crap PCs. Or some good ways to speed up ubuntu by turning things off/uninstalling and what not ...

    Thanks for any help in advance


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  • #2
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    dsl or puppy


  • #3
    jackofnotrades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭jackofnotrades


    Thanks for the tips but I heard if you install DSL to a hard-drive it will corrupt after a while ?
    I'll check out puppy aswell ... a google found me SaxenOS which says its designed for old PC's so I'm gona look into that too.


  • #4
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    I'm running slackware on an old Celeron 333MHz with 192MB of ram, and it's running like a dream.

    KDE is functional, but not lightning fast.


  • #5
    jackofnotrades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭jackofnotrades


    sure I'll give it a shot too
    thanks lads


  • #6
    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    Might be worth trying Xubuntu too.


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  • #7
    mwrf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭mwrf


    id use beatrix

    http://www.watsky.net/


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