Which should i use?

syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 15:40

Wanting to put Linux on an old machine i have, which is barely running XP.

Its used for playing movies through it mostly, school work etc.

Its the following specs:

P2 350MHz (afaik)
512mb RAM
40GB HDD
Onboard GFX

Any Linux you'd recommend for this?

syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 16:45

Which one would you recommend of the two?

What are they like?

Wouldnt recommend Ubuntu?

syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 16:55

Its not overly slow, just would be more suited for something different than XP Pro

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syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:17

Ah right..XP Pro seems okay with it, just a bit of a delay opening things really, so would it be a bit faster or similar?

syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:23

BillytheImpaler said:
If so, I propose to you that it's faster than 350 MHz. When I ran XP on a 400 MHz P2, the second fastest one you could get, it was pretty much unusably slow.

With a lightweight Linux it should be faster, but don't expect it to make a Top Fuel car out of your Yugo.

Yeah i understand.

Just wanting something new & slightly less delay, for example opening Media Player, takes a few seconds to load the video, stutters till menu is gone.

syke · 13 Oct 2007 at 17:36

Will give Arch or DSL a go then

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