Linux on and old machine...should work ok right?

DoubleCheese · 13 Dec 2009 at 17:25

Ok, need a bit of help from Linux wizzards on here

My brother has an PC that just doesn't seem to want to work for any length of time. He's tried XP Home and now Linux. Spec wise its:
Epox 9NDA3+ nForce3 Ultra with Barton 2500+
512MB RAM
SB Adigy Sound card
Gigabyte 7600GS AGP card

From what I can tell there are Linux drivers out there for all the components so I'm not sure why he's running into somany problems.
Anyone here with a similar setup that can confirm everything should work ok under Linux, specifically Ubuntu?

Thanks.

dangerstat · 13 Dec 2009 at 17:28

Lol that spec will run Linux fine! You should fine decent hardware support for those components (bar in mind that for some reason Linux support of Audigy cards is appalling). For comparison I sometimes revert to using a PIII 1.2Ghz Mobile based Toshiba laptop with 512MB of RAM and Debian with a full gnome desktop is fine on it! Although flash vids can be a little laggy so you might need to ease of red tube en'all.

craptakular · 13 Dec 2009 at 17:30

lol redtube, youtube you mean! dangerstat.

We all know your dirty secret now lol

dangerstat · 13 Dec 2009 at 17:33

Oxy said:
lol redtube, youtube you mean! dangerstat.

We all know your dirty secret now lol

Yeah err I meant Youtube, really, no honestly

:eek:

*hides*

masterluke · 13 Dec 2009 at 17:56

id reccommend xubuntu on 512mb of ram as it runs much better than regular ubuntu with lowish memory

PermaBanned · 13 Dec 2009 at 18:07

Meh, some other distro is a better option. Like Arch, Puppy, DSL, Slitaz, or Tiny Core. Even DeLi... depends on what you want really.

DoubleCheese · 13 Dec 2009 at 19:50

Thanks for the replies ....and revelations....redtube huh?
I'll have to hunt down the Audigy drivers and maybe give the other distro's a try.