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Paul On 09/12/14 16:37, Israel wrote: > +1 :) On 12/09/2014 10:34 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> You may also want to look at ToriOS[1] which is a respin of >> ubuntu. >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. 1. http://torios.org/ >> >> On 9 December 2014 at 16:27, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com >> <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Den 2014-12-09 14:57, Barry Titterton skrev: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Thank you for all of your replies. I am very impressed by all >>> of the wonderful veteran machines that are still being used, >>> and I >> thought that >>> I was doing well with a 9 year old machine! >>> >>> You may recall from my original post that the question was >> prompted by a >>> conversation at a local (Windows only) computer training >>> course. >> I, as >>> you may expect, talked to the tutor and students about how >>> Linux was good on older machines. The tutor then mentioned that >>> they had >> three old >>> laptops that they no longer used, and that I was welcome to >>> try >> putting >>> Linux on them. Two of the computers are old XP machines (Dell >> Latitude >>> D505, Pentium M with 1 Gb RAM) that were donated by the local >> Teesdale >>> council. The CPUs on these are non-pae so I am using Lubuntu >> with the >>> 'forcepae' option on install. I have managed to get one >>> working >> and am >>> going back after New Year to do the second. The third machine >>> is >> a much >>> newer Win 7 Toshiba Satellite Pro (spec unknown), donated by >>> BT, >> that >>> never worked properly and was quickly retired to the store >> cupboard. I >>> am unsure whether to use Mint 17 with cinnamon on this >>> machine, >> or full >>> Ubunutu as Unity may be too much these very inexperienced (and >> nervous) >>> students. I don't want to confuse them by doing too much, too >> quickly. >>> Does anyone know if these desktop environments will work >>> together if installed on the same machine as alternatives? I >>> have, in the past, tried XFCE and LXDE on the same machine and >>> it did not work well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Barry T >>> >> >> I'm glad to read that you succeeded with the first Dell Latitude >> :-) >> >> I have good experience with Toshiba laptops and linux. If the >> hard disk drive is big enough (and I think it is), you can easily >> make a multi-boot system with standard Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, >> maybe even Kubuntu side by side with Linux Mint. For testing >> purposes you can allocate a common swap partition of 2 GB, and >> divide the rest of the drive into similar sized partitions, where >> you install the Ubuntu flavour systems. >> >> First play around with it yourself to check that it is good >> enough for you to show, then let the other guys try and find what >> they like. >> >> -o- >> >> If there is not space enough for several systems, it is possible >> to install the various desktop environments (only) or the whole >> flavours on top of each other. >> >> sudo apt-get install lxde # installs (adds) only the desktop >> environment >> >> sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop # installs (adds) all of >> Lubuntu >> >> sudo apt-get install xfce4 #installs (adds) only the desktop >> environment >> >> sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop # installs (adds) all of >> Xubuntu >> >> This will make a bloated system, but it works. I have done it and >> it works for me, and can be recommended [at least] for testing. >> You select the desktop environment at the login screen. >> >> Good luck :-) Nio >> >> -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or >> unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >> >> >> >> -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >> >> > > > > - -- http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 diaspora : zl...@joindiaspora.com Documentation lead @ ToriOS http://www.torios.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEUEARECAAYFAlSHTtoACgkQaggq1k2FJq16yACY154c3HCgMUOs0vQPvyrheQ6J CACfXKn/4u2XUyVactBN0Ao28y5hTN0= =mCDr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
