28th Aug 2008, 18:30
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alternate os for old laptop
i recently was given an old dell latitude CPx. it has a pentium 3 processor, 128mb of ram, and a 7.44gb hardrive with about 700mb free!
the stickers on it say it was designed for windows nt/98, somehow it's running xp but very slowly. What alternate operating can i install that will run quickly? i was thinking an older edition of ubuntu? the laptop will mainly be used for internet and possibly downloads via an external hardrive although this is not essential. any ideas? |
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28th Aug 2008, 19:10
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I pwn all your storage
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28th Aug 2008, 19:33
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Minimodder
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what version, i was aware the current version hardy heron required 256mb of ram?
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28th Aug 2008, 22:10
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I pwn all your storage
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The GUI does, but using the alternate/text based install lets you use the command line version.
I have a similar set up (P3, 512Mb RAM, 20GB HDD) running 8.04 at an equivalent speed to XP on faster machines. You can get a cheap 256Mb stick for around £10 off ebay |
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