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Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - N4RPS - 10-08-2014
Hello!
The machine I'm on now (Compaq Evo N600c) has a P3M-1066 CPU, 512MB RAM, and LL 1.08 for now. I want to try 2.0 on it, and will keep that if performance doesn't take a huge hit, as Lubuntu doesn't seem to want to 'play nice' with the Bluetooth adapter (no Pulse audio, I guess).
With 1.08, as long as you don't try to do too much at once, you're OK...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - Dookus - 10-08-2014
[quote author=N4RPS link=topic=121.msg5941#msg5941 date=1412747111]
Hello!
(Compaq Evo N600c) has a P3M-1066 CPU, 512MB RAM
Last of the P3's were a better CPU than the P4's were for some time!
Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - N4RPS - 10-08-2014
Hello!
LL2 is a LOT faster on this old soldier than the 1.08 it replaced. I just might try 2.0 on some of the other old stuff around here...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - Mike - 11-28-2014
I usually direct people with REALLY old machines to LXLE. It's a pretty solid LXDE based distro with a great selection of software.
Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - Snubbi - 12-04-2014
Lite 2.2 is a LOT faster than Lubuntu 14.04 on my 7 years old computer
Re: "Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users" - N4RPS - 12-09-2014
Hello!
Again, Welcome to Linux Lite.
You install Lubuntu, then you need Thunar (or to patch PCManFM to allow root access), add Pulse Audio to properly handle Bluetooth, then add a few more essentials, All of a sudden, Lubuntu also becomes slow. I reserve it - well stripped, of course - for the slowest machines. Haven't tried 'stripping' LL yet; that's a future project...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob