Re: [tlug] Free Linux for Desktop Newbies ?

[Niels Kobschätzki <niels.k@example.com>]

On 21.12.2005, at 20:27, Lyle H Saxon wrote:

> On 12/21/05, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:
>   (LHS) > I like KDE myself - what does Ubuntu use then?
>>
>> Ubuntu is Gnome-ish by default.
>> This is part of what makes Ubuntu so friendly for newbies.
>>
>> There is a variation of Ubuntu that has KDE.
>> That variation is called Kubuntu.
>>
>>> I downloaded Kubuntu... and am thinking of trying it out on an old
>>> 200MHz DEC computer I have with a 3GB HDD and 256MB. Is that enough?
>>
>> That is enough to run, albeit slowly.
>> Why are you asking? Just run the Kubuntu Live CD.
>
> Something went wrong... the install hung after slogging away with slow
> progress for several hours (maybe the 3GB wasn't enough space?).  I
> realize that via command line, 200MHz is enough power, but I'd
> forgotten my own experience with 300MHz and 350MHz machines - which
> worked, but (with GUI) were painfully slow.  Oh well, at least the
> evil W has been eradicated from that box.
>
> For anyone looking to run GUI, I would say P-III 450MHz is about as
> low as you want to go in power.

Try XFce or something like that (or an old version of KDE or Gnome) -  
small windows managers which run on those machines as well...
you wouldn't run WinXP on those machines as well, would you?

Greetings

Niels

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