Picking Another Distro ?

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Picking Another Distro ?
started by: MasterChief1234

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Posted by MasterChief1234 on Feb. 11 2006,18:22

Hi, I am currently running a pentium II, 400 mhz, 128 of ram, piece of cr@p machine. I recently switched from windows 98 to ubuntu linux. I have to say that I'm impressed. Boot time in windows took 12 min and boot time in ubuntu takes 2 min. I have been using xfce/kde and it's kinda slow...is there another distro that would run better but still has many ubuntu features, like a debian based system ? I am thinking of dsl or ubuntu lite but I am not sure what would run well and I would want to be able to keep ubuntu if possible.

I really need some opinions. If anyone is in a simular situation I would appreciate if you told me what you would do. Thanks

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Posted by MasterChief1234 on Feb. 11 2006,19:07

what should I do ?

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Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 11 2006,23:21

Either use DSL or use a lightweight window manager like "Fluxbox" or "Icewm" for Ubuntu.  Even then, DSL will still be faster and lighter on memory use.

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Posted by AwPhuch on Feb. 11 2006,23:32

Please dont double post...

Brian
AwPhuch

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Posted by torp on Feb. 12 2006,03:29

hey shipmate,

i'm using a machine with nearly the same stuff, only I have 192mg ram. I am using DSL with a frugal install and it makes this little, old, and slow machine rock. I have used knoppix, ubuntu, and puppy, and have found DSL to be the thing for me. give it a run I think you will like it.

torp......(tmc(sw) ret)

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