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Tom Potts wrote: > On Friday 19 October 2007 18:09, Rob Beard wrote: >> Tom Potts wrote: >>> http://www.xubuntu.org/home >>> This is Ubuntu for low end systems - not tried it but I think I might >>> just download it tonight and dig out an old machine... >>> Tom te tom te tom >> It's pretty good for those low end machines, IIRC the live CD will run >> with as little as 192MB (compared to Kubuntu's 320MB) and the >> alternative CD will install on a 64MB machine. > It seems to think 128MB for it. > I remember running Xfce on a 16Mhz 386 with 4MB ram. It was actually usable, > but I guess expectations change... > Tom te tom te tom >> Rob > > Nice. I've reinstalled Ubuntu on the machine I'm setting up for a friend at work. Runs really well considering it's low spec. Shame the motherboard is screwed. Anyone got a motherboard that will support an Athlon XP 1700+ that they want to get rid of cheap? Ta, Rob -- 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