I don't want to bore people with this, as it is only slightly sage-related. Yesterday I tried and failed several times to install debian on the machine, both with the small size installation iso image (which then needs to download more as it goes) and the larger one. It always fails during the stage called (something like) "select and install software", as far as I can see at that point apt gives up waiting for a remote server. My internet connection is fine. Of course I cannot rule out a problem with the machine itself (when I replaced it in 2008 there was some specific reason, though I do not remember exactly what -- I had access to funds, the old machine didn't have wifi and was certainly under-powered for Sage development!)).
I may try MX or fluxbox but my patience is wearing a bit thin and I have some other things to take to the recycling place in the next week... John On Thursday, 12 December 2024 at 08:57:00 UTC John Cremona wrote: > Thanks for all the suggestions. I made a boot disk USB for debian and am > trying that right now. I will report back. > > John > > On Thursday, 12 December 2024 at 08:18:09 UTC Emil Widmann wrote: > >> MX Linux is pretty solid and debian based >> There is a 32 bit build for MX Linux XFCE, >> https://mxlinux.org/download-links/ >> https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=MX >> >> fluxbox version should be even lighter >> >> >> dim...@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2024 um 18:52:05 >> UTC+1: >> >>> Debian will most probably work, and it's pretty close to familiar to you >>> Ubunty. >>> Or perhaps you rather get a distro with an up to date Sage there, >>> e.g. Void: https://voidlinux.org/ >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 9:41 AM Georgi Guninski <ggun...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > The laptop has 3gb ram. What Linux distribution would people >>> recommend? I see that Debian supports 32bit still. >>> > >>> > I don't know the answer, but you may consider trying Debian >>> > with some lightweight window manager like XFCE or even possibly >>> > no X, only console. >>> > IMHO the bottleneck is not 32bit, but only 3GB RAM. >>> > From my experience I have run XFCE in a virtual machine with only 4GB >>> > RAM and one core and it is slow, but usable. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "sage-devel" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to sage-devel+...@googlegroups.com. >>> > To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAGUWgD9Y-HNCJNgB%2Bz1PeEO2S3xxk%2BHcxG35EORbPyrkrrGvXg%40mail.gmail.com. >>> >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/f651c35d-45ef-499e-98cb-f8d8b19c4049n%40googlegroups.com.
