[wellylug] Resurrected Ubuntu

[John Durham]

On 11/07/2010 9:53 a.m., Alick Wilson wrote:
> And I forglot to say, Distrowatch has a fairly comprehensive list of distros
> for "old computers" at
> http://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=Old+computers&origin=All&basedon=
> All&desktop=All&architecture=All&status=Active.
>
> I reviewed most of them and installed and tried several before shortlisting
> Puppy 5, Slitaz and Lubuntu.
>
> Alick Wilson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alick Wilson [mailto:alick.wilson at braithwaite.co.nz]
> Sent: Sunday, 11 July 2010 9:44 a.m.
> To: 'Wellington Linux Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [wellylug] Resurrected Ubuntu
>
>
> I've had Ubuntu 9.10 running satisfactorily on old desktop and laptop, both
> Pentium II 400 MHz with 256 MB memory.
>
> Both were a bit sluggish. Performance was similar to Windows XP which I ran
> on these machines earlier.
>
> I've tried several other lightweight distros and cut my persomal shortlist
> of interest to three - Puppy 5, Slitaz and Lubuntu. They are are all quicker
> than Ubuntu. Each has a different look and feel. All three have merit,
> depending upon what you want to achieve.
>
> Puppy 5 is designed to run entirely in RAM. Once booted up, the old PCS
> above are very quick. Puppy 5 is reminiscent of Windows 95 in a number of
> ways.
>
> Slitaz is also designed to run entirely in RAM but can be installed on hard
> disk. Once booted up, the old PCS above are very quick. Slitaz uses the LXDE
> desktop which is lighter and quicker than GNOME.
>
> Lubuntu installs to a hard disk. It is not quite as quick as the other two,
> but quickler than Ubuntu. It also uses the LXDE desktop. Its default browser
> is Chrome, which is much quicker to load than Firefox. Lubuntu has the
> advantage of being quite similar to Ubuntu in the way it operates, and
> allows additional programs to be added from the Ubuntu repository.
>
> I currently have Lubuntu installed on the old laptop as a visitors and spare
> machine, used primarily for browsing.
>
> For referenence I run Ubuntu 10.04 on my main computer (TkinkPad X61 with
> 2.1 GHz dual core CPU and 2 GB memory.)
>
> Alick Wilson
I have tried other versions over the years. The Cent OS server is 
outstanding.
No other system I have has demonstrated such long term stability and 
reliability over time.
That is really why I am removing the old Ubuntu backup server to give it 
a more user friendly role with a few games etc.

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