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phub time Joined: May 01, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted May 01, 2008 at 1:46:09 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? i have Pentium III 498mHz, 256 MB RAM and 20gb hard-drive. What distribution would you suggest me to use with it? Will Umbuntu 8.04 work on it? sorry for bad english. Thanks!
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Reanimator Joined May 01, 2008 Posts: 3 Other Topics	Posted: May 01, 2008 3:10:20 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? Ubuntu Requirements 700 MHz or better processor 3GB of available disk space 256MB of memory (RAM) CD-ROM drive Ethernet interface VGA graphics interface Processor doesnt meet requirements LFS will work, slax (a mini distro of slackware) will work
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Ante Joined Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 114 Other Topics	Posted: May 01, 2008 11:01:16 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? perhaps an XFCE based distro or gulp fluxbux. problem with fluxbux is that it doesn't have that regular icon filled environment. sabayon has a fluxbux environment, Xubuntu for XFCE.
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xvedejas Joined May 02, 2008 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: May 03, 2008 2:47:10 AM Subject: which system would you suggest? I've been able to get Ubuntu 8.04 with compiz and avant working on a very similar setup. It was a bit slow but doable; I'd still suggest xubuntu though.
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Theodor Joined May 03, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: May 03, 2008 2:39:32 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? Damn Small Linux was made for that hardware.
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Ante Joined Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 114 Other Topics	Posted: May 03, 2008 6:43:59 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? DSL is okay, but its size hinders regular desktop users too much IMO. Puppy is a little more doable but still mleh... I haven't tested yet, but there's also a mini edition to PCLinuxOS...
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raluxs Joined May 14, 2008 Posts: 13 Other Topics	Posted: May 14, 2008 10:03:56 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? Ubuntu may run on your system but it may seem a bit slow, you could try other distributions with a lighter window manager, like Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux. I personally use Mandriva a lot, you can use it with KDE or GNOME just like Ubuntu and if you feel it too slow you can switch to Icewm keeping more or less the same looks and menus Good luck
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Khabi Joined Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 50 Other Topics	Posted: May 15, 2008 8:21:54 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? Quote Ante: problem with fluxbux is that it doesn't have that regular icon filled environment. Thats only a problem for some people. Truthfully, I can't stand normal desktops with icons on them. :)
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Ante Joined Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 114 Other Topics	Posted: May 16, 2008 12:39:26 AM Subject: which system would you suggest? Quote Khabi: Quote Ante: problem with fluxbux is that it doesn't have that regular icon filled environment. Thats only a problem for some people. Truthfully, I can't stand normal desktops with icons on them. :) Quote Khabi: yeah, you can get around once you know what you're doing, but the first time I ran flux on sabayon i thought it hung on me as it didn't really do anything that caught my attention the flux was up and running. Quote Khabi: other users might also want to have at least a decent panel...
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Moofs Joined May 25, 2008 Posts: 28 Location:Westminster,Colorado USA Other Topics	Posted: May 26, 2008 7:07:56 PM Subject: which system would you suggest? try any of the live cds. slax looks very good as well http://www.slax.org/ http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php for a new user i suggest ubuntu,debian,knoppix,slax M Welcome to the forums!!! http://ubuntuforums.org/
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