Ubuntu for P-3 PCs

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suniltr77

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Can anybody suggest which of the last version of UBUNTU can be installed smoothly on a P-3 PC having 128 MB of RAM. Please give the details of downloading the file also.
 
MetalheadGautham

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But I personally recomend Gentoo if you are an experienced user, for old systems.
And there is also Knoppix for experienced linux users.
For normal users, there is Vector Linux. Its fast and looks great.
Damn Small Linux when expanded is another good option(its a debian, like ubuntu)
 
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mehulved

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Rather slackware is better for older systems. Gentoo is good but you need another powerful machine to cross compile the packages.
I'd rather recommend slackware based distro which uses a lightweight WM instead of a DE as the RAM is a bit low for any DE. Like MetalheadGautham recommended, Vector Linux is one good choice. Or you may try out Arch, but that will require you to do a bit more manual work.
 
MetalheadGautham

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mehulved said:
Rather slackware is better for older systems. Gentoo is good but you need another powerful machine to cross compile the packages.
I'd rather recommend slackware based distro which uses a lightweight WM instead of a DE as the RAM is a bit low for any DE. Like MetalheadGautham recommended, Vector Linux is one good choice. Or you may try out Arch, but that will require you to do a bit more manual work.
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I think Vector will be purrrrfect in that case. It looks good too, and by looking good, I mean much better than Ubuntu. So you won't be offended by ugly environments in Vector Linux.

Its fairly simple to use, and there are countless Slackware .tgz packages of software available on the net. There is a site dedicated for it, but I forgot the name. Go to wikipedia and look for vector linux for more info.

Don't try Arch Linux or Knoppix if you are a linux n00b. They will startle you the first week you use them. Go easy on yourself.

Xubuntu is a good OS, as its veeeery simple to use. But its default theme also sucks, like ubuntu's. But atleast its a fairly simple two minute job to make it look like(or better) than windows XP, Vector Linux, etc through the default resorces.

PS: I am waiting still for the final release of 5.9 live cd to come out. Is it out yet ? The last time I saw, only the installer CD of 5.9 was out for download. I am looking for the live CD as it can be used for both installation and live system running.
 
nileshgr

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KDE works on P3s. I myself have tried it on Fedora 7 on my box with 384 Mb RAM. It consumes about 150~250 Mb RAM and a lot of Disk Space :)evil:). Though it works well but I like GNOME.
 
infra_red_dude

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suniltr77 said:
Can anybody suggest which of the last version of UBUNTU can be installed smoothly on a P-3 PC having 128 MB of RAM. Please give the details of downloading the file also.
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Since you are specifically asking for ubuntu based distros you can try gebuntu: *geubuntu.wikispaces.com/Live+CD

This is ubuntu based on enlightenment (a very light window manager) and well integrated. However enlightenment may be a big buggy. You can try the live cd first :)
 
ray|raven

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Try Zenwalk.
Its based on slackware and runs great on older systems.
It boots in less than 15seconds on my 256meg system.
 
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mehulved

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And for one, I am running Mandriva 2006 with KDE on Celeron with 128MB of RAM. I know it's a bit outdated and not really suggested but maybe you can try a newer version and see if it works. Mandriva is a quite easy to use distro.
 
nileshgr

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mehulved said:
And for one, I am running Mandriva 2006 with KDE on Celeron with 128MB of RAM. I know it's a bit outdated and not really suggested but maybe you can try a newer version and see if it works. Mandriva is a quite easy to use distro.
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hey u were a slackware guy ? :confused:
 
infra_red_dude

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mehulved said:
And for one, I am running Mandriva 2006 with KDE on Celeron with 128MB of RAM. I know it's a bit outdated and not really suggested but maybe you can try a newer version and see if it works. Mandriva is a quite easy to use distro.
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Yes, that sounds good. Upgrade the kernel. Mostly thats all the upgrade you need to do!
 
MetalheadGautham

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omegagamer said:
Can you suggest a Linux distro for the following System :
Pentium III Processor
450 MHz
64.0 MB Ram
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Its recomended that you upgrade your ram and make it 128 mb or 256 mb.
If you do that, the distros will run much better.
Your system is not too bad at running some distros.

I suggest you look at Vector Linux, Damn Small Linux, Knoppix and Xubuntu(only if you up the ram to 128 mb. Else its very slow.)

@mehulved: Nice. I guess as long as your kernel is light enough and up to date, you needn't upgrade your distro. But you know how linux is. Using older distros is discouraged here, unless there is a huge difference between the newer and the older distro in places like GUI, WM, etc.

@ The Unknown: Don't go about asking if some one is a Linux guy, windows guy, macintosh guy, slackware guy, etc. It just doesn't make sence. People are not required by law to swear alliance with an OS and become its fanboy.
 
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mehulved

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hey u were a slackware guy ? :confused:
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I don't use slackware cos I don't use linux now.
And anyways it's one of the college PC's. They run various kinds of linux like debian, ubuntu, gentoo, arch, mandriva, CentOS and there's also one running PC-BSD but ubuntu is the default on all the PC's.
 
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