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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 18:45:40 -0700   
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   On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:17:26 -0600, Kurt wrote:   
      
   > "Mike Easter"  wrote in   
   > news:45db6427$0$97242$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net:    
   >    
   >> 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   
   >>    
   >    
   > The amout of resources that Gnome DTE takes versus Xfce is significant.    
   > I have a PII-450 box with 384 megs of ram that runs much more    
   > responsively with xfce. You can also install Ubuntu and then install    
   > the Enlightenment windows manager to use instead of Gnome or xfce.   
      
   Agreed. I find that Elive's integration of Enlightenment is better.   
      
   >    
   > Having said that, eLive is quite good by itself.   
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