Spec me a flavour of linux

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 13:41

Well Im being given a old laptop,and wanted to try the darkside

The specs of the machine are nothing special.

233mhz - 96mb ram

PS think the hard drive is about 2Gb

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Again may have a spare floating about somewhere

Possibly have some laptop ram laying around-but given the above what would you reccomend-if anything for a linux n00b?

Look forward to some replies

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 13:47

I don't suppose you have a link to the iso at all for it?

Any other versions?

Will look at all

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 14:25

dont wanna try anything to complicated-as Ive not used linux before

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 16:44

Dj_Jestar said:
You could argue it both ways.. the compile will be better suited than a binary that was compiled on a probably better machine.. if you can find the binaries for your (generic your) processor.

canu you explain that in laymans terms-or for n00bs!

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 17:04

ahhhh!

Think I may give linux a miss on this lappy then!

Have got arch and xbuntu downloaded-unsure wether to try them or not! :confused:

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 21:01

okey dokey-and when it comes to wireless-im assuming manufacturers websites for linux support?

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 21:09

arrrghhh its downloading at 16kbps :eek:

Immortal · 31 Oct 2006 at 22:12

right-downloaded-what image am I burning as I have 3 folders:

boot
knoppix
lost+found

Immortal · 4 Nov 2006 at 11:37

Im holding back on this at the moment as I may be getting 2 celery 1.4Ghz lappys