[wellylug] Installing Ubuntu on older PC

Rob Collins robcollins55 at aim.com
Mon Jun 23 15:40:03 NZST 2008


John Durham wrote:
> Wayne Koorts wrote:
>   
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I just rebuilt a 1.6GHz system with standard IDE drive and 550MB RAM.
>>     
>>> After it installed, the only interface available was text. It was
>>> version 4.10 ( the only one I have).
>>>
>>>       
>> Are you sure you're not installing the server version?
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Would this problem be fixed by installing the latest version? If so,
>>> where is the nearest place to pick one up please?
>>>
>>>       
>> If you're in the Wellington CBD I'd be happy to make you a copy.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wayne
>>     
> Thanks, but I'm in Upper Hutt. Could arrange a trip if required.
>   
Not too sure how keen you are on the Gnome based Ubuntu but if you're 
keen on a lower resource demanding system while still getting the 
benefits of the Ubuntu base, you might want to try Xubuntu which has the 
Ubuntu base system but uses the much lower demand Xfce desktop . . . 
http://www.xubuntu.org/
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