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[markyb86]

Hey!

8 year old Toshiba Satellite 4060CDT
128MB RAM
333Mhz
3,7GB HD
Trident Graphics card
Ubuntu Feisty Server running Fluxbox (i had 3 WM installed at once, last week )

I wish i could get ubuntu running on mine

I have the satellite 1625cdt which is a 475mhz amd with 128 mb ram and i cant seem to get anything past xubuntu 6.06 running on it. I think theres an issue with my 7.10 cd but it checks out ok and works fine in a VM. i dont know. right now im getting a new hard disk i gave away my 5gb when i fixed a clients computer

[Dragonbite]

I wish i could get ubuntu running on mine

I have the satellite 1625cdt which is a 475mhz amd with 128 mb ram and i cant seem to get anything past xubuntu 6.06 running on it. I think theres an issue with my 7.10 cd but it checks out ok and works fine in a VM. i dont know. right now im getting a new hard disk i gave away my 5gb when i fixed a clients computer

Have you tried an older version such as Dapper Drake (6.06 LTS)? That one has worked well on my P3 500Mhz w/256MB Ram (I did have 128MB ram but that was in my Red Hat 8 & 9 and Gentoo days). I think the older version has a lower memory requirement.

Even Edubuntu 6.06 is not speed deamon, but it is adequate for most things. I took off OpenOffice but other than that even Kino has worked on the system. Blender would open, but I don't know how to do anything with it so I can't tell you how well that has worked but I have been able to get Kpovmodeler running on it in a past life.

Are you using the Alternative CD? The base CD says 256MB ram to run (the live environment I suppose) but the Alternative CD allows you to use the text-based installer instead and bypass some of the memory issues. I think the 256MB ram minimum is for running it as a LiveCD (and I cannot imagine how much ram it takes to run as a LiveCD *AND* Install !!

[wispygalaxy]

I had to use floppy disks that my dad got for free from work up until I entered college this past August. My dad was too cheap to get me a flash drive! Luckily I got a Toshiba laptop for college, and I was given a free flash drive! But my school library has some computers that run Windows 2000, and those beige computers are all dusty and gross. They sit all alone in the corner of the library while students plug in their shiny new laptops at desks.

[maybeway36]

I like to use IceWM with slow machines (and heck, I like it one fast ones too.)

[K.Mandla]

Please allow me to introduce the newest member of my family...

Nice. I used to have an identical laptop to that, except 300Mhz. Those are great lightweight machines. The bay modules fit the entire 8000-series too, so anything that was intended to fit the module on that line will fit in your CPi-A too. DVD-burners, spare hard drives, etc.

It's a terrible video card, but it'll do composite effects, if you lighten the load enough.

[raul_]

I wish i could get ubuntu running on mine

I have the satellite 1625cdt which is a 475mhz amd with 128 mb ram and i cant seem to get anything past xubuntu 6.06 running on it. I think theres an issue with my 7.10 cd but it checks out ok and works fine in a VM. i dont know. right now im getting a new hard disk i gave away my 5gb when i fixed a clients computer

Try a new distro I first tried Arch on my old laptop, and now it's my primary OS

[joe.turion64x2]

Recently I got an old laptop, well, it's my job's but I am on charge of it.
It is a lovely Sony VAIO with a 600MHz PIII processor, 128MB of RAM, 6.4GB (or thereabouts) HDD.

Right now it has Windows ME on it (and it works!), considering the laptop had been rendered as useless some years ago I am not too surprised to find the system in 'prime condition': no viruses or whatsoever.

I have not installed Linux on it yet because I am waiting for some new parts to 'boost' performance: RAM to max its memory to a whooping 256MB, and a new (bigger, faster) HDD. Right now it is functional with ME, and since I can not spare much time to tweak a small Linux on it, I am leaving it alone...for the moment.

I'll report back when I get it going.

By the way, this guys in Sony really don't want users to 'break' in to their own laptops: screws are too hard. I guess I'll be going to a Sony service center to get the thing 'unscrewed'.

Thanks.
Joe.

[TrailerTrash]

Couple of old laptops i have are:

IBM Thinkpad 10inch screen, 300mhz Celron, 8gig HD, 196ram, NO CD drive, NO floopy, (did not even come with them new) its just plain and very light. It has Windows ME and works very well. I would like to try to install Linux on it one day maybe.

Next is a IBM Thinkpad 233mhz, 2gig hd, 64ram, Floopy, CD, 12inch screen, with Windows ME and also is working well. Would like to try Linux on it also.

[joe.turion64x2]

Couple of old laptops i have are:

IBM Thinkpad 10inch screen, 300mhz Celron, 8gig HD, 196ram, NO CD drive, NO floopy, (did not even come with them new) its just plain and very light. It has Windows ME and works very well. I would like to try to install Linux on it one day maybe.

Next is a IBM Thinkpad 233mhz, 2gig hd, 64ram, Floopy, CD, 12inch screen, with Windows ME and also is working well. Would like to try Linux on it also.

MMM, so you have a VIA processor, that is interesting, how can you compare it to, say, a Pentium IV?

Thanks.
Joe.

[markyb86]

Dragonbite, yes i install xubuntu 6.06 with the alternate cd, and i knew the live cd wouldnt work i just wanted to use gnome instead of xfce to give it a go.. i just have given up because i cant get my 11wave wavebuddy wireless card to work. im going to get a new wifi card so that i actually know what it is and can get it running.

raul_ at first i tried debian but it would not install properly. DSL works fine (even live) but i still cant get wifi runnin. Once i tried booting mandriva and that started to work, said it detected the card and froze before showing the desktop.. the laptop just needs a few tweaks.