Bookworm99
November 8th, 2008, 03:52 PM
Hi all,
Right now, I have a Toshiba Satellite 1415-S173 laptop, which has an Intel Celeron 1.80 GHZ processor, 256MB of RAM, a VERY slow CD/DVD drive, but a working wireless card.
I have currently installed Puppy Linux on it, and while I like it very much, I would be much happier with Ubuntu, which I am already familiar with and which I have found to be more compatiable. I can tell you that linux Mint, which I attempted to install before installing Puppy and which is an Ubuntu 6 (I believe?) variant, absolutely laughed at, chewed and spit-out the very idea of the machine's pitiful hardware - it took almost an hour for it to boot then crash.
Puppy, on the other hand, runs incredibly fast - almost comparable to my current machine, which is much better (a Macbook Pro, 2.33GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, etc).
I'd like to know if there's a version of Ubuntu that'd work on here - I've heard XUbuntu might help, but I'm not entirely sure. Suggestions?
Right now, I have a Toshiba Satellite 1415-S173 laptop, which has an Intel Celeron 1.80 GHZ processor, 256MB of RAM, a VERY slow CD/DVD drive, but a working wireless card.
I have currently installed Puppy Linux on it, and while I like it very much, I would be much happier with Ubuntu, which I am already familiar with and which I have found to be more compatiable. I can tell you that linux Mint, which I attempted to install before installing Puppy and which is an Ubuntu 6 (I believe?) variant, absolutely laughed at, chewed and spit-out the very idea of the machine's pitiful hardware - it took almost an hour for it to boot then crash.
Puppy, on the other hand, runs incredibly fast - almost comparable to my current machine, which is much better (a Macbook Pro, 2.33GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, etc).
I'd like to know if there's a version of Ubuntu that'd work on here - I've heard XUbuntu might help, but I'm not entirely sure. Suggestions?