On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:19:12 +1000 Larry North <lawrenceno...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 06/25/2011 10:00 PM, ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi > I have an 11 year old compaq Armarda E500 with 256 RAM (which i got for > $A30 on ebay) and 40 GB HDD. It has a single usb (ver1???) and a really > good screen. I have one of these with 512 ram running my mail server and proxy server for about 5 yrs almost non-stop except for odd reboot after kernel upgrade and upgrade from dapper (6.06) to 10.04 and a new harddrive recently. It did have 256 ram initially - I added an additional 256 mb sometimes last year, when I upgraded to 10.04. With 256 and 10.04 it was swapping a fair bit. But 512 is fine. I throttled down the CPU to keep it cooler and use less power. the hinge on he screen cracked - so it can't be used as laptop - other than that - i think its indestructible. Daniel > > This was running Ubuntu 10.04 until today...it worked but was fairly > lethargic. > I downloaded the 32 bit peppermint 2 iso and burned it to a CD (on > another machine) and have just installed it. Works great, much more > responsive and it recognises both my netgear wg111 wireless nic and my > new wireless printer just like U 10.04. > > Hope this helps..Pmint is based on U10.04 but it is tweaked for a very > lightweight system a la jolicloud. > > Regards > > Larry North > > -- ---------------------------------------- Daniel Jitnah Melbourne, Australia e: djit...@greenwareit.com.au w: www.greenwareit.com.au SIP: dj-...@ekiga.net ---------------------------------------- ** For All your Linux, Open Source and IT requirements visit: www.greenwareit.com.au ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. For All your Open Source and IT requirements see: www.greenwareit.com.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
