I am a newbie to Linux for the most part, I think I tried it around 5 years ago and just gave up it. However, in the last couple months some of the reading and web surfing has once again sparked my interest in Ubuntu Linux.
I have around 5 custom build computers, and several computers that were just given to me. One of them is a Amd Duron 650mhz with the Kt133 Avi chipset. I have around 196mb of ram installed on it and it had a ATI Rage pro in it, but I switched it out with a Nvida TNT 2 because I heard it was better then the ATI rage. I had tried using the regular install CD for several versions of Ubuntu 32 bit with out luck. I then down loaded the min. CD for 8.4, 8.10, and 9.04. 9.4 still gives me a bug and stack notice and will not go past the first install window. However when I installed the 8.04 min. CD it went thru and I thought all was good until I got to the reboot and it fired back up and just gave me the command line for the terminal. So I was to the point of calling it quits. Did some more looking around, and came across help in the Ubuntu site. The min. Install CD did not install the desktop and I just need to type in the terminal a command to get it installed. I have been now running 8.10 after a clean install doing the same thing with the terminal after the install.
I am amazed at how little ram I have in this very old rig, and the fact that it has a Duron 650ghz processor, and the fact that it is much slower then my other builds, but yet I find that it is still responsive and seems stable. I put XP home with service pack 3 on this same computer and it seemed very sluggish with only the 196mb of ram and the Duron 650mhz processor. I am going to try to update to 9.04 thru the updater in the OS and see if it still gives me the bug stack problem. Another thing I find unreal is that, there is no way that Windows Vista, or Windows 7 would ever install on a computer as old and low as spec's as this one has. Windows XP is very unresponsive with this computer. To me that says alot, and is a very nice thing about ubuntu.
I have a old laptop that was given to me, A Dell CPi D233ST with a PII at 233mhz and only 128mb of ram that can be upgraded to 256mb if I can find the ram cheap some where. I tried the full install CD's of Ubuntu and it acted like it would install it, but after two hours into it I just stopped. I believe that the Wireless B card I have would not connect to my N router and the Laptop has no other method of connecting to the Internet so It could not install ubuntu with out the Internet connection. I makes me wonder if I can figure out how to get wireless to work on it, how well Ubuntu will run on this old Dell. I tried putting in a wireless G usb stick in and it didn't see it.
I am getting ready to put Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit on my main rig, a phenom II, at 3.6ghz, and 4 gb of ram. I think I will be using Ubuntu as my main system to surf the net with, and anything else I can do with Ubuntu. I will try to only use windows for gaming for right now and see how it goes.
After getting Ubuntu to install on this one with the Duron I am impressed with Ubuntu, very interesting indeed....
I have around 5 custom build computers, and several computers that were just given to me. One of them is a Amd Duron 650mhz with the Kt133 Avi chipset. I have around 196mb of ram installed on it and it had a ATI Rage pro in it, but I switched it out with a Nvida TNT 2 because I heard it was better then the ATI rage. I had tried using the regular install CD for several versions of Ubuntu 32 bit with out luck. I then down loaded the min. CD for 8.4, 8.10, and 9.04. 9.4 still gives me a bug and stack notice and will not go past the first install window. However when I installed the 8.04 min. CD it went thru and I thought all was good until I got to the reboot and it fired back up and just gave me the command line for the terminal. So I was to the point of calling it quits. Did some more looking around, and came across help in the Ubuntu site. The min. Install CD did not install the desktop and I just need to type in the terminal a command to get it installed. I have been now running 8.10 after a clean install doing the same thing with the terminal after the install.
I am amazed at how little ram I have in this very old rig, and the fact that it has a Duron 650ghz processor, and the fact that it is much slower then my other builds, but yet I find that it is still responsive and seems stable. I put XP home with service pack 3 on this same computer and it seemed very sluggish with only the 196mb of ram and the Duron 650mhz processor. I am going to try to update to 9.04 thru the updater in the OS and see if it still gives me the bug stack problem. Another thing I find unreal is that, there is no way that Windows Vista, or Windows 7 would ever install on a computer as old and low as spec's as this one has. Windows XP is very unresponsive with this computer. To me that says alot, and is a very nice thing about ubuntu.
I have a old laptop that was given to me, A Dell CPi D233ST with a PII at 233mhz and only 128mb of ram that can be upgraded to 256mb if I can find the ram cheap some where. I tried the full install CD's of Ubuntu and it acted like it would install it, but after two hours into it I just stopped. I believe that the Wireless B card I have would not connect to my N router and the Laptop has no other method of connecting to the Internet so It could not install ubuntu with out the Internet connection. I makes me wonder if I can figure out how to get wireless to work on it, how well Ubuntu will run on this old Dell. I tried putting in a wireless G usb stick in and it didn't see it.
I am getting ready to put Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit on my main rig, a phenom II, at 3.6ghz, and 4 gb of ram. I think I will be using Ubuntu as my main system to surf the net with, and anything else I can do with Ubuntu. I will try to only use windows for gaming for right now and see how it goes.
After getting Ubuntu to install on this one with the Duron I am impressed with Ubuntu, very interesting indeed....