Balthazar_B;206810 Wrote: > If I could get Slimserver running decently using Ubuntu 7.04 i386 > Desktop on a lame old workstation with a 700mHz Athlon, 391MB RAM, and > horribly slow disks, I'll go out on a limb and speculate that it should > work fine on the miniITX box the OP has, with the caveat that all the > hardware bits are supported by Ubuntu (probably the case, but in any > event very easy to determine). Xubuntu could feel a bit snappier, > being a little ligher weight, but it would be helpful to know that > someone has gotten Slimserver working on it. Anyone?
Didn't try Xubuntu, but the latest Debian-4. Just this morning, I installed Debian-4, from DVD, on a Asus P5B-VM mobo, SATA2, DC2, latest slimserver via apt-get, with all the deps, abcde ripper, and so on, with no install problems what-so-ever. ACPI and the powerstuff works too. Need to test the SS tonight. I tried the install on a VIA Mini-ITX v10000, without problems too. It seems that Debian has made a nice distribution this time. It frankly installs on everything x86 based I have tried. Tried it on a MSI mobo as well, with dual AMD MP2400+, SCSI 320 controller and SCSI drives, no problems. Also on a ASUS A8N, AMD 3200+, SATA drives, etc, worked fine here too. Also tried a HP Vectra, 1GHz, 256MB RAM, it's actually a nice low-noise setup. Just as you might guess, it runs ok here too. If you have problems installing Ubuntu on your hardware, try the latest Debian. It just might do the trick, and it's very fast too. Automatix2 works without issues as well, just for the ease of it. I mainly use Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10 and 7.04 on my notebooks and desktops, but I have a few PCs with Debian4, it's just as fast if not faster, more responsive I would say. /FAF -- FAF ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAF's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10716 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35851 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
