[wellylug] Installing Ubuntu on older PC
nic
nic at tymar.com
Mon Jun 23 17:27:31 NZST 2008
Wow. I think I've fallen in love with xfce. Just installed it on my Fedora machine, and
it's going like I always thought it ought to. Thanks for the (indirect) hint. I might try
xubuntu as my next distro, now.
Nic C-L
Rob Collins wrote:
> 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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