A good Linux distribution for old pc (openSUSE or Ubuntu/Xubuntu)?

Posted on July 24, 2010 by admin| 4 Comments

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Beryl 0.2.1/Linux Mint 7 | July 25, 2010 at 2:29 am |

Take a look at Linux Mint 7 XFCE which is ideally suited to older machines

Linux Mint 7 XFCE Download
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=43

Linux Mint 7 XFCE Release notes
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_gloria_xfce.php

LUg.
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TBRMInsanity | July 25, 2010 at 2:29 pm |

My old laptop had similar stats and I ran Xubuntu quite nicely on it for about 3 years (before the hinges gave out on the machine and I had to sell it off for parts).
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dis_orient_ed | July 26, 2010 at 5:29 am |

Antix supports wifi. My Bel-something card was installed using the fluxbox menu item for wireless.

Antix is a spinoff off Mepis a debian derivative that switched from being debian based to being ubuntu base and now, back to debian.

If you insist on using ubuntu, try ubuntu xfce flavor. If its not too hard set up a 512 swap partition, activate it, and then do the installation. It might help a little. If you can’t don’t worry about it.

Spellcheck sure goes nuts on the geek vocabulary, eh?
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non-existant | July 26, 2010 at 9:28 pm |

Xubuntu or Linux Mint

openSUSE is way to bloated, it probably wouldn’t even install
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