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On Tuesday 11 September 2007 12:48, Simon Williams wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Maybe it might be worth trying the Ubuntu 7.04 Alternative CD? > > My dad downloaded the ISO so I wasn't aware there was a lower spec CD. > It's only got 256Mb of RAM I think, so that's definitely the problem. > > > (or since it is only 1GHz, might be worth trying a Kubuntu CD?). > > I'm intrigued about that comment- I thought kde was supposed to be > slower than gnome? > > Thanks > Simon Yep, the Alternative cd still contains the same software, but has a number of different install methods. Its big advantage is that the alternative installer is quite undemanding on ram - allowing what ram you have to be put to better use during the install from my own experiences of it. The installer is not a graphical one - from memory it is ncurses based I think. 256mb ram will run (K)Ubuntu, but using the alternative cd will actually get it installed in the first place. Try to set up a good sized swap partition - you may need it! I was also a bit confused by the Kubuntu comment - I doubt you would see any difference on a 256mb system whether you used KDE or Gnome. Whichever you use, I would turn off all the eye candy stuff if possible and stop any unneeded services - e.g cups if you don't have a printer etc. A much better option would be either a lighter version of the Ubuntu family such as Xubuntu which uses XFCE or a distro such as Vector or any of the lightweight distros such as Puppy or DSL. Xubuntu is a bit hard to follow if you are not familiar with XFCE to be truthful, but it does work well. Vector is a distro which I like on older systems - it looks good and works in the same sort of way as a KDE system. DSL is amazing - but again, it isn't quite as user friendly as the main distros or Vector. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html