I have a regular PC with 797MHz AMD Athlon XP processor and would like linux (because everything is better with the penguin) but I need to hear from the people who know.
1-I do not want live CDs/DVDs
2-I am willing to reformat the drive.
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best linux distrabution.?
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What linux distro is good for an older pc?
My computer is pretty old. It has a 37GB Hard Drive, 512Mb RAM, and an AMD Athlon XP2500 519MHz CPU. I am running windows XP right now and have used up about half of the Hard Drive. I have burned several Linux Live CD distros and they were all pretty slow. I tried DSL and Puppy Linux but I didn’t like them. I want to try and partition my hard drive and do a dual boot. What linux distro would run well on my laptop? Ubuntu? Fedora? Mandriva? Or any other distro?
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Linux in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, best advice welcome plz?
I’ve installed MS Virtual PC 2007 on my pc (specs: 1.5Gb RAM, AMD Athlon 64 socket 754 CPU, BarRacuda 160Gb HDD =MID Rate: 683Mbps)
I’ve tried running the Knoppix Live CD in VPC 2007, but it freezes 80% of the way through the boot sequence. I have also tried Kubuntu KDE 8.0.4, which like the Knoppix runs well as a dual boot, however, the Kubuntu installation aborts immediately saying that it can’t run due to the fact that it needs 64/86 architecture, but it has only detected i586 architecture. I’m sure my PC meets the requirements, however I have read mixed reviews of Linux derivatives on MS VPC 2007, but I’m sure there must be a way. I’m currently downloading Mandriva Linux, and I’m hoping I can get it running. I prefer MS VPC 2007, but I also have VM Player installed. Any suggestions? Thanks.