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kumakun
May 11th, 2005, 12:59 AM
If this is better placed in the installation section, go ahead. I wasn't sure...

So, I've got this laptop. It's old. No, really. If this thing had at one point been a living thing, I'd have put it in the ground 3 years ago. It's a laptop I got for free. Compaq Armada 1530DM. I've had a couple of distributions of red hat on it with mixed success, but I want to try hoary.

Comments? On the possible success of Hoary on this laptop, that is. I already know it's old enough to have been Christ's Own Laptop, I don't need to know that it needs an upgrade.


/Kuma
benplaut
May 11th, 2005, 01:14 AM
specs?

i consider an archaic laptop to be the old 50MHz, 8mb RAM, 540mb HDD IBM Thinkpad 701c 'butterfly' i have living in my closet as a dedicated minesweeper machine :-P
Ubunted
May 11th, 2005, 01:19 AM
http://developer.novell.com/yes/34371.htm

That's pretty slow there, though RAM upgrades are real good at reviving older computers.
kumakun
May 11th, 2005, 01:19 AM
It's a Pentium...133, maybe? That sounds right. With 32 megs of ram. Not sure what the display is, but I've had a bear of a time getting it to work decently with GNOME. I'm considering XFCE.


EDIT: When you say "dedicated minesweeper" I'm assuming there's more to it than the shaded smiley face that's happy when you place all the flags and find all the mines. Help out the slow kid?

/Kuma
benplaut
May 11th, 2005, 03:33 AM
yup, the game minesweeper :grin:

(on Win 95)

i would say that that computer would only work with... maybe BeatrIX... maybe Damn Small... but definately not ubuntu...

what would you use it for?

and, in the spirit of hijacking a thread, what could i put on that 701c? :???:
fng
May 11th, 2005, 03:44 AM
I should try it with a lightweight Windowmanager like fluxbox, openbox, icewm
Maybe xfce4, but this machine could be 2 old for it.

Gnome and KDE is defenitly out of the question :)
JonahRowley
May 11th, 2005, 03:47 AM
Ubuntu would not be my first choice for this. Since you'll want to avoid Gnome (which takes more RAM than you have in the first place), Ubuntu loses most of its appeal. I'd use a Debian base install, minimal WM like Icewm or Fluxbox, and try to do as much as possible through my web browser (since it's something I'll probably be using anyway). It will be painful though..
poofyhairguy
May 11th, 2005, 05:03 AM
Damn small linux. Or server ubuntu install plus ICEwm. That would work well....
HungSquirrel
May 11th, 2005, 10:37 PM
What the poofmeister said.
totalshredder
May 12th, 2005, 08:35 AM
It's a Pentium...133, maybe? That sounds right. With 32 megs of ram. Not sure what the display is, but I've had a bear of a time getting it to work decently with GNOME. I'm considering XFCE.


EDIT: When you say "dedicated minesweeper" I'm assuming there's more to it than the shaded smiley face that's happy when you place all the flags and find all the mines. Help out the slow kid?

/Kuma
Do a server install and use something like fluxbox with dillo and sylpheed. I've had minor success with a Pentium 75 using DamnSmallLinux (try it) but I had 65 RAM (which, I may note, is more than 32). Give it a shot!!

Luke
Bo Rosén
May 12th, 2005, 08:41 AM
I installed Warty on a p1 200 mmx with 252 of ram ( I think, could have been a little more). While I got it working, it was too painfully slow to use. Using XFCE rather than Gnome would have been kinder on the poor thing, but I'd probably go with some other lightweight distro instead of Ubuntu. I love Ubuntu but I kind of want it with Gnome :-)