OT: Ubuntu

[Debaser]

motorollin wrote:

The_Editor wrote:
K=ubuntu is kde
Ubuntu is Gnome

There's also Xubuntu which uses XFCE (a very lightweight and fast window manager).

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moto

Which might I add - is awesome. Brings life to any 233mhz + x86 you have laying around. Try the LiveCD and see how it flies!

As far as Ubuntu:

I have it on my laptop dual boot. (Please defrag a few times before you re-partition for dual boot BTW)

An issue you will no doubt have to deal with if you install on a laptop is getting wireless-nic working. Chances are you will have to play with nswrapper but its not that bad and with a little mucking around you should get it working.

The Ubuntu forums/ community is great! You will get instant support through their forums.

DVD/Mp3 Codecs - Use EasyUbuntu, its an application that takes the work out of getting your Ubuntu box media-savy install and run and you should be all set. It automates the task and gets you up and running in no time.

Try it out!

[Debaser]

Floid wrote:
To qualify my previous post...

Debaser wrote:

Which might I add - is awesome. Brings life to any 233mhz + x86 you have laying around. Try the LiveCD and see how it flies!

...The interface may fly (and, in fact, Gnome may or may not do half bad), but the minute you attempt Firefox or OO.o you'll discover why you won't be getting anything done on the hardware.  With OASIS OpenDocument become a standard, you could use AbiWord if you just want to take notes, and maybe limit yourself to one window, no tabs, and no heavy Flash sites in the browser (or pretty much the same behavior with Opera), but that does effectively rule out a good chunk of activities.  

The desktop environment is just not really likely to be the limiting factor here, since you're going to have an uphill battle watching YouTube on a P233 no matter what.

Ok maybe I got a little out of hand on claims of performance. But if you have a 233 machine laying around - are you going to keep Windows 95 on the thing or Linux. Ok lets say PuppyLinux, DSL, or Xubuntu then... Linux still breathes life into the thing IMHO.