The oldest release

[as2000]

So I am sitting here on the sofa with my really old Dell C600 running Ubuntu 9.10, and I was thinking about how many of you are still running the older releases of Ubuntu. I run 8.04 server on my...well...server with a P4 3Ghz cpu and I pretty much don't mess with it. Funny that I don't really need to. So I beg the question, do you still have a old release running on some hardware and if so, what version and what hardware? And, what has your experience been like with this combination?

[Spice Weasel]

6.something on someone who I do tech support for. It's a celeron laptop which is close to falling apart.

I think 6.06 and 6.10 were the most stable versions of Ubuntu ever.

[ronnielsen1]

8.04 on my daughters computer. She has it set up the way she wants and she doesn't want it changed

[The Titan]

8.10 on my ...well... server running P4 3ghz processor. Haha, I guess i'm not the only one running old equipment. I just don't see the need in updating it. It works fine right now.

[lisati]

6.06 on an old computer that I originally intended as a backup for my server. Haven't needed to power it up for some time, let alone get all the relevant files updated.....

[fela]

I'm running Debian 5 on my server, 2.2GHz Athlon 64.

It's stability is something to be reckoned with.

[Dustin2128]

My two ubuntu machines are up to date, mythbuntu HTPC is 10.04 lucid, general purpose comp is 10.10

[NightwishFan]

I'm running Debian 5 on my server, 2.2GHz Athlon 64.

It's stability is something to be reckoned with.

Awesome.


I have a Debian Sarge iso though at the moment I do not have a machine running it. (all my older computers from pre-2000 burned in a house fire last year)

[Spice Weasel]

Awesome.


I have a Debian Sarge iso though at the moment I do not have a machine running it. (all my older computers from pre-2000 burned in a house fire last year)

Is there still a Sarge repository floating around on the internet? I have it running on what is technically a PC, but it's not very useful without software. :(

[NightwishFan]

Is there still a Sarge repository floating around on the internet? I have it running on what is technically a PC, but it's not very useful without software. :(

You would think they would archive it though I am not aware of any. **searches duckduckgo**

[NightwishFan]

Found. :)
http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/

[uRock]

I just recently deleted 9.10 as my 32bit vbox and replaced it with 10.10. Karmic was a great release and will always be missed.

[Spice Weasel]

Found. :)
http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/

Thanks. Should be fun to mess around with old software. :)

[pi3.1415926535...]

9.04 on a Dell Latitude C400, 10.04 and 10.10 LiveCDs have graphics issues, and will not boot, causing the display to occasionally flash.

[Quadunit404]

Ubuntu 4.10 in a VMWare virtual machine. I'm surprised VMWare Tools works on something that hasn't been supported since 2005.

[3Miro]

My wife reached a critical stage in her studies in the University so she is still running with 9.10. This will change as soon as she is not 100% dependent on the laptop.

I always we the latest version for me. I would recommend 10.04 today and in the next 1-1.5 years, but nothing older. This is just me of course, my main distro is actually rolling release.

[Cracklepop]

I just recently deleted 9.10 as my 32bit vbox and replaced it with 10.10. Karmic was a great release and will always be missed.

What do you use it for?

[uRock]

What do you use it for?

Cisco PacketTracer

[Dark_Stang]

I installed 9.04 on my little brother's netbook when he got it, and I haven't touched it since then. The next time I'm there for a while I guess I can upgrade him to 10.10 or 11.04 NBE.

[Quadunit404]

I installed 9.04 on my little brother's netbook when he got it, and I haven't touched it since then. The next time I'm there for a while I guess I can upgrade him to 10.10 or 11.04 NBE.

Ubuntu NBE died a few weeks ago due to Unity being the default UI on the desktop starting in 11.04.

[Cracklepop]

Cisco PacketTracer

Fair enough, but can't you run it in 64 bit?

Others seem to be:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=881641
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1292620

The simplest solution seems to be nothing more than:

sudo dpkg -i --force-all PacketTracer-5.2-u.i386.deb

[uRock]

Last time I tried that, the fonts rendered too badly to be usable. The 32bit version in the 32bit OS looks much better.

[Cracklepop]

Last time I tried that, the fonts rendered too badly to be usable. The 32bit version in the 32bit OS looks much better.

There seem to be multiple simple solutions to fix that too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1444924

Not that you shouldn't have a 32 bit vm if you want, but it seems like overkill...

[uRock]

There seem to be multiple simple solutions to fix that too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1444924

Not that you shouldn't have a 32 bit vm if you want, but it seems like overkill...

I'll give that a try when I go to use it again.

Thanx,
uRock

[Dark_Stang]

Ubuntu NBE died a few weeks ago due to Unity being the default UI on the desktop starting in 11.04.
Really? I guess I would have known that if I had a netbook... never saw the point in them though.

[Khakilang]

I still have 8.10 CD and I thought I install into one of my old computer to get a taste of it now and then.

[Quadunit404]

I have actually just upgraded my Ubuntu 4.10 VM to Ubuntu 5.04, and will soon upgrade it to Ubuntu 5.10, so now it's Ubuntu 5.04 that's my oldest release.

And I see that my (light) customizations to the GNOME Panel were retained during the upgrade, awesome.