OLD pcs and Linux?

[madrat]

I have an older pc and want to put linux on. it has a 1gb celeron cpu, 256 mb sdram and 20gb hard drive, what version would you suggest? and is it sill supported?

Also have a celeron 700 laptop with 512 mb sdram and 20gb hard drive. same question.

Also have a pentium 2 350 with 64 mb sdram and 20gb hard drive. same question

thanks

[vinnywright]

Hi @madrat

box 1 should do ok with Kubuntu-10.04 LTS but geting a bit more RAM would help and the install may go slow.

box 2 mabey good as well but you may want to try to say Xubuntu 10.04 LTS

box 3 probebley wont run a GUI with that little RAM.....but you could try DSL, tiny core, or puppy
but it would run a CLI onley install just fine ....say the minimal install disk.
thars allso Lubuntu, slax, some others for under powered boxes look hear http://distrowatch.com/

I have 10.04 runing on a 700Mhz-cpu 383-RAM box and it's ok

and slitaz runing on a 700Mhz-CPU 128-RAM lappy ok

;D

VINNY

[Snowhog]

box 1 should do ok with Kubuntu-10.04 LTS but geting a bit more RAM would help and the install may go slow.


Not using the Graphical Installer. In order to use the graphical installer you need a minimum of 384Mb of RAM if I remember the specifications correctly. You would have to use the Alternate LiveCD (non-graphical installer) to install 10.10, but once installed, as Vinny said, it should run okay, but not very fast.

[madrat]

I have installed M:E on the 2 lower machines and they have been snapped up by people. The only 1 now is the 1gb PC. Its to good for M:E but I cant get hold of any more ram, ( these PCs are being offed to people free of charge so I am not paying for parts) pity I don't have a windows 2000 disk really.

Any way thanks for your help

[Ole Juul]

It's water under the bridge now, but I thought I'd comment anyway. :) The CPU speed is not so important, but the amount of ram is crucial. Here is what I know from personal experience.

512MB is good and will run most things just fine.

256MB is only adequate, but I have used it with a current browser and flash. I have a laptop like that which is currently in daily use for playing podcasts and internet radio and video. Browsing is a bit slow, but workable. It lives in another building and I put an FTP server on it so my wife can put shows on it without having to leave her desk.

64MB is really, really, minimal. However it will work with a Fluxbox desktop. The worst problem is that it will be deadly slow with a current browser. I've found it OK with Firefox 1.5, but such an old version will not support flash.


I have installed M:E on the 2 lower machines and they have been snapped up by people.

I've never heard of M:E, what is it?

[madrat]

Windows ME (millennium edition)

[richard84dukes]

How much memory does Linux required to be installed? Currently working with Windows vista in my old PC. Can Windows and Linux run simultaneously in a same machine?

[ardvark71]

How much memory does Linux required to be installed? Currently working with Windows vista in my old PC. Can Windows and Linux run simultaneously in a same machine?


Hi...

Welcome to the forums :)

It really depends on the distribution. "For best results," so to speak, distributions will give a minimum amount or level required to run efficiently, although one may have good results without meeting the minimum specs. The key word here is recommended, as stated on Ubuntu's (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements) system requirement's page. While Ubuntu recommends 1 GB's of memory, Xubuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org/getubuntu) only recommends 256 MB's.

Yes, you can run both operating systems at the same time. An easy way that I used can be found here, (http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_f irst.htm) although it is a bit dated. Another very helpful page can be found here. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot)

Hope this helps... :)

Regards...

[woodsmoke]

Hi Richard

ardvark's and your question both used the same term, and since you have just made one post and are running Vista I might "assume" that you have not run a Linux before.

The term "simultaneously" is not exactly accurate if you are inquiring about the "dual boot" option. One runs or the other runs.

And, to reiterate ardvarks reply, if it will run Vista even partly acceptably it will run a Linux just fine.

woodsmoke

[jpenguin]

Windows ME (millennium edition)


mistake edition