[TriLUG] Linux version recommendations for OLD laptop...

[James Jones]

Dave,

I have had great luck on both old laptops and old underpowered desktops with ---

xubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso

jcj

On 7/19/10, Dave Cowan <davecowan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey Luggers,
>
>  I have an old Dell Latitude CPt S (yeaah, I know,  don't laugh). It has an 500
>  MHz Intel Celeron processor with 256 MB of  ram. I was able to successfully
>  install Windows XP SP3 but I'd like to  try a version of Linux on it.
>
>  I want to load Linux on it just to play around but have had issues  with Ubuntu
>  9.04 and 10.04. Any recommendations on a fairly recent  distribution of Linux
>  that I might be able to successfully load on this  dinosaur? Doesn't necessarily
>  need to be Ubuntu.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Dave
>
>
>
>
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