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which light versions work the best

  Date: Feb 11    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 277
  

I am using Lubuntu on an old compaq laptop which has 256k ram and a pentium M
processor an it works fairly well - when booting it up sometimes it takes three
or four attempts for it to fully boot.

I was wondering if there are other lite versions of linux that would work as
well.

I have a Dell Latitude D800 with 512 of ram and am going to convert it over to
linux and wanted to find out what other versions of light linux would work.

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Answer #1    Answered On: Feb 11    

Investigate Anti-X , Puppy Linux, Tiny Linux, etc. There are reviews
and links at www.distrowatch.com

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Feb 11    


I would give Xubuntu a shot. I ran it quite successfully on my PIII/256MB
ThinkPad.

I am also impressed with Puppy Linux. Leaves room to spare on a 700MB CDROM and
runs usefully speedy on my P4 desktop w/512MB RAM.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Feb 11    

I have a Dell Latitude D810, 768 MB RAM, which runs Ubuntu Live CDs very nicely,
even Unity 3D. (Keeping it XP for now, unless I get a bigger disk for it.)

I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised about the performance of your D800.
512 MB is plenty for Xubuntu.

 
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