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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?   
   Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:56:00 -0700   
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   On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:47:25 +0000, Chris wrote:   
      
   > I was given an old computer and have built it into our settee, with a    
   > fifteen-inch TFT monitor on a swinging arm - so that you can sit on the    
   > settee and swing the monitor in front of you.   
   > (I realise this is madness - but it is rather fun!)   
   >    
   > It runs XP very well - but I'm wondering whether it would take Ubuntu.   
   >    
   > Pentium II  400MHz  20GB HDD  384 RAM   
   > Wireless usb dongle Netgear WPN111   
      
   It would "take Ubuntu". It would not run it in a manner you would   
   appreciate. You would be much better off, IMHO, looking at Xubuntu (ubuntu   
   with XFCE) or even better, Elive.   
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