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From: "Mike Easter"
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Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:12:08 -0800
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ray wrote:
> 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.
I didn't realize ub's Gnome configuration should be considered less
efficient than Win XP.
What is the basis for that opinion?
>> It runs XP very well
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Mike Easter
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