Would anyone here have an Xubuntu disc I could borrow? Preferably a text-mode install, I think. I've just got hold of an old Dell Latitude with a 600MHz Celeron and 128MB RAM (4MB given to video), and I can't put anything on it except Puppy Linux (which I don't much like) and Damn Small Linux (which can't properly deal with the USB flash drives I tried with it). Sandy
On 6 July 2010 09:24, Chakat Sandwalker <sandwalker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Would anyone here have an Xubuntu disc I could borrow? Preferably a text-mode install, I think. I've just got hold of an old Dell Latitude with a 600MHz Celeron and 128MB RAM (4MB given to video), and I can't put anything on it except Puppy Linux (which I don't much like) and Damn Small Linux (which can't properly deal with the USB flash drives I tried with it).
I'd think you'd be pushing your luck with Xubuntu. 128MB is probably far too little for the current version. 256MB is just about absolute minimum. I don't think that Lubuntu, the slimmest distro *buntu, will work in a 128MB system. I haven't check, but some older distros may work - Simply Mepis being one. I have a good collection of all sorts of iso files ... haven't counted, but at least 30. Michael
Vector Linux is another you might try. On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Michael McDonald <mikencolleen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6 July 2010 09:24, Chakat Sandwalker <sandwalker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Would anyone here have an Xubuntu disc I could borrow? Preferably a text-mode install, I think. I've just got hold of an old Dell Latitude with a 600MHz Celeron and 128MB RAM (4MB given to video), and I can't put anything on it except Puppy Linux (which I don't much like) and Damn Small Linux (which can't properly deal with the USB flash drives I tried with it).
I'd think you'd be pushing your luck with Xubuntu. 128MB is probably far too little for the current version. 256MB is just about absolute minimum. I don't think that Lubuntu, the slimmest distro *buntu, will work in a 128MB system.
I haven't check, but some older distros may work - Simply Mepis being one.
I have a good collection of all sorts of iso files ... haven't counted, but at least 30.
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