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P3 distro?

  • 31-03-2006 6:06pm
    #1
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭


    what would be best to install on a P£ 500 with 128MB of ram and 1.4GB drive?


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  • #2
    seanos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭seanos


    Depends what you want box for.
    server/desktop ?
    if server, doing what?
    if desktop, again, for what?


  • #3
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    desktop msn internet word processing etc


  • #4
    seanos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭seanos


    You will feel the pain of 128MB mem & 1.4GB space.
    Try debian - not the most user-friendly, by todays standards, however it's fairly lightweight, which you really need.
    Note, install a lightweight windows manager, xfce or blackbox, gnome/kde would kill that machine.


  • #5
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    i know someone who GNOMES a P2 and gets away with it just got a big hdd


  • #6
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    i have the same setup on a lappy with ubuntu/kubuntu, its a bit slow but looks lovely


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  • #7
    seanos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭seanos


    I never said P2 wouldn't run gnome, I said with the amount of RAM, it would be horrible.


  • #8
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    melekalikimaka wrote:
    i have the same setup on a lappy with ubuntu/kubuntu, its a bit slow but looks lovely
    kubuntu
    is KDE isnt it


  • #9
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    my other use for it is to stream media files over my lan


  • #10
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭niallb


    Hmm,
    you won't be streaming much with 1.4G of disk space.

    Download the latest Damn Small Linux, (50MB) and see how you like it.
    It'll give you firefox and messaging, and a good email client.
    The included word processor is basic, but you can add abiword
    which is as good as you'll run in 128M RAM.
    It has a media player which works well.

    If you install it to disk using the included installer,
    it'll speed it up a lot, and will take up less than 200M of diskspace.

    Won't take you long anyway!

    NiallB


  • #11
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    niallb wrote:
    Hmm,
    you won't be streaming much with 1.4G of disk space.

    Download the latest Damn Small Linux, (50MB) and see how you like it.
    It'll give you firefox and messaging, and a good email client.
    The included word processor is basic, but you can add abiword
    which is as good as you'll run in 128M RAM.
    It has a media player which works well.

    If you install it to disk using the included installer,
    it'll speed it up a lot, and will take up less than 200M of diskspace.

    Won't take you long anyway!

    NiallB

    i will be streaming to it


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  • #12
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭niallb


    xmms which is included in damn small supports streaming.


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