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Siplus:
I would advice using a lightweight window manager instead of Gnome or KDE.
With only 93mb of ram, it would just make your computer a little more responsive to use XFCE, enlightenment, or which ever WM you prefer.
Gentoo would optimize your performace, but how would you rate your linux experience?
worker201:
I used to have a K6 with a 10MB HD and 128MB RAM. Ran Suse 8 on it for awhile, and then switched to Slackware 9.1. Worked fine. Gnome and KDE were both well-behaved, although they have probably gotten bigger since then.
bedouin:
So you guys are telling him to use Gentoo when he's probably never touched a Linux distribution in his life? Im a Debian fan but I wouldn't really suggest it to a newbie -- at least if he's installing from scratch; once setup it's another story.
Here's my first recommendation, download and burn both the Ubuntu and Kubuntu live CDs. These do not require you to do a full installation of Linux, or repartition your hard drive. If your hardware is supported with the live CDs, it should be fine with an actual install. Your experience will be slow since it's running entirely off a CD ROM, and has no swap space, but you'll get a feel for things.
If the live CDs work out well, you can download the full install of Ubuntu or Kubuntu. From there you can look at getting some lighter window managers, which should be a breeze with apt-get and some minor configuration.
Siplus:
I'm not sure 93mb of ram is enough for Ubuntu/KUbuntu live cd.
Maybe 'Damn Small Linux' would work out for you. Last I checked, It was about a 50mb download and has fluxbox (i think) as the default WM.
I agree about the Gentoo being a bad suggestion for a first distro
adiment:
--- Quote from: bedouin ---So you guys are telling him to use Gentoo when he's probably never touched a Linux distribution in his life? Im a Debian fan but I wouldn't really suggest it to a newbie -- at least if he's installing from scratch; once setup it's another story.
Here's my first recommendation, download and burn both the Ubuntu and Kubuntu live CDs. These do not require you to do a full installation of Linux, or repartition your hard drive. If your hardware is supported with the live CDs, it should be fine with an actual install. Your experience will be slow since it's running entirely off a CD ROM, and has no swap space, but you'll get a feel for things.
If the live CDs work out well, you can download the full install of Ubuntu or Kubuntu. From there you can look at getting some lighter window managers, which should be a breeze with apt-get and some minor configuration.
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You can also order free live and installation cds off http://ubuntu.com/ (and they will pay for shipping!):thumbup:
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