Best Linux for olde laptop

almichev

almichev

almichev

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Hi all. Am looking for a Linux distro that can be easily (ie noobie) loaded onto an old laptop. The laptop will be used for surfing, webcam and the usual non-demanding operations.

Thanks in advance.
 
Xubuntu is another option. Heaver than Puppy for sure but certainly lower needs than standard Ubuntu. Post the spec.
 
Spec is:

VIA C3 Processor - 1.2ghz - never heard of them :confused:
512 ddr333 ram
Integrated 64mb Graphics

Have tried Puppy but couldn't figure out how to install it onto the HDD.
 
Another choice, especially if this is your very first Linux distro may be PC/OS. It is based on Xubuntu but they have gone to the trouble of pre-installing all the codecs and a shed load of apps. Even though Ubuntu based distros are very easy to set up with all that sort of stuff, for a new user, this is ideal. Low system load as well.
 
PC/OS works a treat - webcam and wireless no problems. Laptop now runs at a good speed and is no longer the lumbering XP dinosaur. Mucho thanks.
 
I am considering switching to PC/OS from Ubuntu, I was very impressed with just how amazingly easy it was. Out of the box Linux is finally here with so many great distros to choose from.

Your experience with this old lappy is exactly what Linux is about. :)
 
I myself have found that KUBUNTU is faster than Ubuntu or even Xubuntu.

Might I also add that both ubuntu and Xubuntu are xfce as its WM... At least it looks like they do!!!
 
Go for gentoo, will take a day or so to install but most of it will be free time, ie the machine will go and do its own thing. Its light and works pretty well, easy to do if you follow the installation manual.
 
Its easy! just read the handbook, if that doesnt work read the wiki pages, if that doesnt work try a different thing (or cry and go to something else)

*hugs gentoo penguin*
 
I will give it another go someday (when they do alive cd and gui installer) :D

I know, it is a sort of right of passage to get that ******* working. There are just so many great distros to use that are easier to install, I am not sure it is worth the effort.
 
Hehehe 22008.0 is a gui live cd and does have a gui installer! :D

(havnt used it yet though... mainly as i havnt had timeto linux up my newish pc jsut yet with moving)

I say get going! :D
 
The Gentoo 2008.0 is indeed a live CD and isnt it a bonus!!!

While its great to have a lot of choice in this world, and we get a hell of a lot of choice with Linux, as well we all know, however...

I myself am finding that there is so much choice, that I am running between them like a headless chicken wondering which to go for... When I finally do go for one, I am then thinking was it the best one for me and so I go and try another one... I keep doing this all the time, and I never really settle down.

My main Linux box however is running Sabayon and my Laptop is battling a few distros out at the moment trying to find one that will let me have Compiz and for the MousePad buttons to work without it crashing all the time, but no!

Too much choice I feel.

Anyway, on my previous LapTop, whcih is an XP2600 /1GBRAM / 40GBHD / S3 Virge Graphics I found that Kubuntu was perhaps the fastest distro and I felt it was faster than ubuntu and xubuntu and I had them setup as close as each other as I thought I could and only the GUI was the difference... In fact, even when I moved Kubuntu onto xfce it was still faster than xubuntu ( Never did get that? )
 
Got to agree about the massive choice around - and new distros coming out everyday. I recently installed Pardus onto my laptop. It's not the fastest but is stable. However, I'm tempted by the latest OpenGEU.

The problem I've encountered with the small distros (Puppy etc) is installing to the hdd isn't straight forward and i don't understand why.
 
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