Posted September 28, 2005 Hi I am thinking of running my spare pc on linux . The specs are p3 700mhz 128mb ram 20gb hardrive. Which version do you recomend? I have been recomended ubunta. I am after something quite easy to use and nice to look at. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 28, 2005 I am running Ubuntu at the moment and its great, very easy for new users to install and use. Why dont you try the live cd first to see if you like it ? BTW - It has a hideous brown theme, just dont let that put you off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 28, 2005 I am running Ubuntu at the moment and its great, very easy for new users to install and use. Why dont you try the live cd first to see if you like it ? BTW - It has a hideous brown theme, just dont let that put you off. Have done and do like it , was wondering if there is any better though. saw one that looked very sleek it has a blue desktop taskbar at the bottom , does anyone know which version this is Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 28, 2005 Are you talking about a different theme for Gnome or a different desktop enviroment, KDE ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 I think Debian is the best distro at the moment but I'd recommend Ubuntu for new users. It has the best parts of Debian and is slightly easier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 Ubuntu is based on Debian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 Vector Linux is aimed at older systems so it should fly with those specs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 SuSe 10.0 is coming out in a week or so I think. Maybe try one of the older Suse's to see what you think of it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 I have ran 'small linux' on a 700mhz laptop with a 2gb hd. Well worth it. Slackware i am running atm although I dual boot and often find myself using windows over linux. I should really start getting back into it. Gentoo is also another good distro. Debian is ok in parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 http://beta.mandriva.com/en is that any good? Can you tell me the good ponts and bad point about linux. It seems very good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 29, 2005 Good points: awesome command line gets you more involved and gives you kudos points for being able to work a command line supposedly more stable gnome is awesome better software comes with it its free its open source its not microsoft Bad points Its harder to use/get use to there are less application support Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 30, 2005 That's not a bad system, it just doesn't have much RAM. Both of my servers are P3 666 and they run everything just swell. (Although DC++ hashing kills things). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
