fantastic solution. i would also like to run recent distro with under 256mb too, this explains it alot. cheers
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:53 PM, algomedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I am looking for a Linux Dist for my spare laptop that has only > > 256 ram. I attempted to load Ubuntu and Xubuntu onto it but it shows > > the laptop only has "253" available ram - they both do not load > > porperly. > > There are two different processes: installing the OS and running the > OS. Xubuntu requires only 198 MB to install and 128 MB to run [1]. > That it does not load (install?) properly make me suspect something > may be borked, e.g. the media, the drive, something else. > > Some solutions: > > 1) try puppy linux or DSL or Knoppix > > 2) try the Alternate CD for Ubuntu or Xubuntu and install the server. > Once the server version of Ubuntu is installed, you can install any > number of GUIs. For exampe, to install Xubuntu: > > $ sudo tasksel install xubuntu-desktop > > for Ubuntu: > > $ sudo tasksel install ubuntu-desktop > > Good luck and let us know how things go. > > [1] http://www.xubuntu.org/get > > Regards, > - Robert > > > > -- Best Regards, Nanda Linn Aung http://infomm.com My WHB web hosting http://infomm.com/z-whb.php --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
