I assume you could install the minimal CD and pick a lighter weight desktop then add the real time kernel...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD JT On 6/1/2014 5:36 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Could it be possible to use the server install of ubuntu 10.04 on an old > pc? Because that way you only install the minimal components without the > GUI. I've done it before with 8.04 to have the minimum components loaded, I > used to load the GUI after that, but I think that an option would be to use > keystick to not overload the old pc. > > Is it possible to load keystick without Gnome or KDE installed? I've never > tried but it could be a solution for using 10.04 with older machines. > > > > > 2014-05-31 21:01 GMT-03:00 dave <dengv...@charter.net>: > >> Well, I really hate to admit it but my LCNC machines are running on a >> 600 Mhz Seattleboard. It's been down for two years now. Not the >> computer just the belleville stack for the tool clamp. Real bear to get >> at. ... I need to bribe someone. ;-) >> >> Other machine is a cinci contourmaster ... with a Duron 1200. Slow and >> often the nml fails. What it knows internally and the display do not >> alway coincide. >> >> I do have a 525 waiting in the halls. >> >> One of these days when I find a 'real' roundtoit I'll get it done. >> >> Dave >> >> On Sat, 2014-05-17 at 18:14 -0500, rayj wrote: >>> What's everyone's experience running LCNC on older computers. I'm >>> talking about just the basic 3 axis control. I have several old >>> computers, Win 98 is functional, XP not really. Several of them have >>> pretty good latency numbers, so I'm exploring running LCNC instead of an >>> old DOS based program called DeskNC. >>> >>> Anyone with any experience, succeeded, failed, or in between, I'd be >>> interested in hearing about it. >>> >>> TIA >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. >> www.restlet.com/download >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. www.restlet.com/download http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
