Alex Esplin wrote:
> I'll put in a vote for Xubuntu and Fluxbuntu. Both are _very_ light
> on resource needs and run quite well on my old P3 800Mhz Dell laptop.
> (256 MB RAM)
>
>
I've found a good clean arch linux install to be amazingly light. I've
X / fluxbox running on a Pentium II 250 and
I'll put in a vote for Xubuntu and Fluxbuntu. Both are _very_ light
on resource needs and run quite well on my old P3 800Mhz Dell laptop.
(256 MB RAM)
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As far as tweaking the kernel for interactivity/games, you can try these:
- choose the cpu option that matches your cpu
- in the io scheduler, choose cbq for the default
- choose 1000 for your HZ value
- choose to preempt the big kernel lock
- choose the premptable/desktop option instead of the se
I have run linux acceptably on much slower hardware.
I have run LFS on a P166, complete with KDE 3.2. It could be sluggish at
times. (It ran just fine for a headless firewall though).
Currently, my slowest machine is a dual P233MMX running gentoo (my headless
firewall).
Gentoo installs don't t
On Dec 5, 2007 2:15 PM, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kurt Griffiths wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > We have some old P3s we are setting up to play retro LAN games (such
> > as 'Craft) ala Wine. What would everyone recommend as a good Linux distro
> > for these older machines? I need s
Kurt Griffiths wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> We have some old P3s we are setting up to play retro LAN games (such
> as 'Craft) ala Wine. What would everyone recommend as a good Linux distro
> for these older machines? I need something small and fast. Already tried
> Ubuntu, and it was too slow. Next I am
Hi folks,
We have some old P3s we are setting up to play retro LAN games (such
as 'Craft) ala Wine. What would everyone recommend as a good Linux distro
for these older machines? I need something small and fast. Already tried
Ubuntu, and it was too slow. Next I am going to try VectorLinux. Since t
We will be hacking on Tomboy Friday (December 7th) at 6 p.m. We are going to
be focusing on the Tasks and Tagging capabilities of it, so if you are
interested in help us fix bugs, improve the functionality, or even have some
input on what you'd like to see in these features, you should come by.
It
