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gamefreak
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: Any good, lightweight linux distro for lappy[With Wi-Fi) |
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Picked up an old laptop from somebody who apparently got scammed off EBay. Apparently the seller said it was a 1.5Ghz Mobile P4 w/ 384MB Memory and a 30 GB Hard Drive. This is what it really was.
Brand Name/Model- Dell Latitude CPi
Memory-128MB EDO Memory
Processor-300Mhz Mobile PII
Hard Drive-6.4 GB
Operating System- Windows XP [I installed Windows ME unstead.]
I don't like Dell but their old buisness laptops were really sturdy and top of the line.
I would like to know what are any good distros that are just about as good as Ubuntu and will fully support my hardware including my 2Wire WiFi card |
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Orwell
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Ouch. 128 MB of RAM won't get you very far. You said you like Ubuntu, maybe Xubuntu would be a good choice? But don't actually install Xubuntu- do the Ubuntu-minimal install and then add XFCE. It's lighter that way. In case Xubuntu is still too bloated, there's always stuff like fluxbuntu, damnsmalllinux, puppy linux, icebuntu, etc. Arch is also lightweight, and (I've been told) very fast.
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gamefreak
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Orwell wrote: | | Ouch. 128 MB of RAM won't get you very far. You said you like Ubuntu, maybe Xubuntu would be a good choice? But don't actually install Xubuntu- do the Ubuntu-minimal install and then add XFCE. It's lighter that way. In case Xubuntu is still too bloated, there's always stuff like fluxbuntu, damnsmalllinux, puppy linux, icebuntu, etc. Arch is also lightweight, and (I've been told) very fast. |
Well i could upgrade to 256MB but that will cost $120 do to the fact that EDO Memory isn't made anymore. If ihe lappy came out 6 monthes later it will take PC133 SDRam and i could have the thing running with 512MB of memory.[I have a lot of SD and DDR Ram.] |
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Orwell
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| gamefreak wrote: | | Well i could upgrade to 256MB but that will cost $120 do to the fact that EDO Memory isn't made anymore. If ihe lappy came out 6 monthes later it will take PC133 SDRam and i could have the thing running with 512MB of memory.[I have a lot of SD and DDR Ram.] |
$120 will probably buy you that laptop on eBay, wouldn't it? I'm sure you can still run Linux just fine with 128MB RAM if you're careful about how you set it up. Try http://computingminimalists.blogspot.com/ and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456
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exiled_sage
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I'm probably not the best source for linux advice. But Zenwalk says it'll run on 128megs of ram.
"Hardware Requirements
Zenwalk GNU/Linux is optimized for the i686 instruction set, but backward compatible with i486. These are the minimal hardware requirements to run Zenwalk in Xwindow mode, with correct performance (some lower configs work - ie : PII - , but might be slow) :
* Pentium III class processor
* 128 Mb RAM
* 2Gb HDD"
I've only played around a bit with it, but it might be what you're after. |
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lau
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Location: Somerset UK
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I'm running Slackware on a 96Mbyte (upgraded to max from its original 32Mbyte!) Compaq Armada 4220T. (Pentium MMX - 266 MHz)
I used to run Debian and before that, SuSE, on it.
Just for fun, I haven't booted it up for ages (the power supply died, then the battery died), and it seems to need a bit of work  . LILO manages an "L" followed by lots of "99"s. Ah... that's because I seem to have messed up the MBR at some point. SBM to the rescue. hda7 has gone 227 days without a check... hda3 too... 11 minutes into my messing about, and KDE 3.4 is now up and running.
All that, just so I could verify that it only has a 4Gbyte drive.
(And, incidentally, to cure the MBR problem. Now just 3 minutes to KDE up and running.)
(And now... I guess it's time to update the silly machine...)
(and the other one... the Toshiba T2130CS (Intel 486DX4 75MHz) which has TinyLinux on it, but I haven't got X on it. 8Mbytes RAM, 500Mbyte HDD, no CD, just a floppy drive, and a PCMCIA slot I haven't tried, yet, )
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gamefreak
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| Orwell wrote: | | gamefreak wrote: | | Well i could upgrade to 256MB but that will cost $120 do to the fact that EDO Memory isn't made anymore. If ihe lappy came out 6 monthes later it will take PC133 SDRam and i could have the thing running with 512MB of memory.[I have a lot of SD and DDR Ram.] |
$120 will probably buy you that laptop on eBay, wouldn't it? I'm sure you can still run Linux just fine with 128MB RAM if you're careful about how you set it up. Try http://computingminimalists.blogspot.com/ and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456 |
The guy I got it from paid $200 for it a few monthes back. It was going to his kid but itw was so slow on XP that he couldn't even web surf or play runescape. So now its mine because I have a use for it. |
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SpiceWolf
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RaceDrv709
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Damn Small linux, Puppy linux and maybe Xubuntu would run on it.
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LostInEmulation
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Damnsmall runs sufficiently well (including wifi) on my craptop with 36 MB of RAM, so I guess it wouldn't complain about 128 MB 
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Fuzzy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Orwell wrote: | | Ouch. 128 MB of RAM won't get you very far. You said you like Ubuntu, maybe Xubuntu would be a good choice? But don't actually install Xubuntu- do the Ubuntu-minimal install and then add XFCE. It's lighter that way. In case Xubuntu is still too bloated, there's always stuff like fluxbuntu, damnsmalllinux, puppy linux, icebuntu, etc. Arch is also lightweight, and (I've been told) very fast. |
You sure have come a long way in your knowledge Orwell.
I'd recommend the same, then go into services and kill everything that you done use; go into processes and kill most of the duplicates there. I managed to idle Xubuntu at 140 megs of ram and I didnt even start with minimal Ubuntu. I was running from a 2 gig thumb drive using a proper install, rather than a squashed file system.
However, I wouldnt recommend that most people kill the duplicate processes. For practical operations I still had firefox w/flash and gimp.
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supahneko
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Xubuntu won't run very well on it, but from what I've read puppy linux or DSL will work well on it |
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yesplease
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| Pick a distro and gut it. Low memory WMs like the boxes/FVWM would be good. IME w/ 128mb of ram the browser should either be lightweight like dillo or use the webkit engine for acceptable performance. Check this out too. |
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khelben1979
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Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Debian is simply the best, according to my taste.
I have been using it since -99 and I strongly recommend it! Of course it's a matter of taste which one people prefers. Debian has definitely not been one of the most easiest distributions to install, but it has improved a lot.
With Debian Etch you have a graphical installer for the first time, actually. Better late than never.
Debian Lenny is expected to be released sometime this year. |
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frohman2
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| Puppy linux is good. |
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