I've used MepisLite on an older machine - P3 550 with 256MB RAM, and it is not too painful. I also understand that Xubuntu is designed for older machines, but haven't tried it myself.
Scott On Friday 21 April 2006 4:56 pm, David J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > Unfortunately with the distributions I've tried, I find they run much > slower on older machines - much slower than Windows XP - which surprises > me. I have one machine that is a Pentium 3 at about 550 MHz with 64 MB RAM > and it is slower than a slothful man at work time. Ringht now I'm running > on Mandriva Linux 2006 and it just creeps when doing anything. > > Anyone have a recommendation for a linux distro that runs quickly on old > machines? > > Best Wishes, > > David Ring > Green Harbor, MA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shane Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel@crosswire.org> > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Ubuntu > > > Barry, > > I have been dabbling with Ubuntu also, and it is a super easy system > to use. I'm a native Windows user, but now I dual boot with Ubuntu. A > very very nice distribution! > > Shane > > Barry Drake wrote: > > Hi there ........ > > > > Sorry if I'm slightly off-topic here. Over Easter, I decided to > > update my six-year old Linux so I could test a recent BibleTime with > > NET. I was amazed at how easy it was to install Debian compared with > > a few years ago. I wrote to the Debian folk to congratulate them, and > > one of them wrote off list to say if I thought Debian was easy, I > > ought to try Ubuntu. I did. I'm even more amazed! Much, much easier > > than installing Windows on a PC. And Ubuntu let me install binary > > packages of both BibleTime and GnomeSword .... just fantastic! > > > > So - if any PC user out there is thinking of going for Linux now's the > > time. Ubuntu is Gnome-based. If you lean towards KDE, there's it's > > cousin Kubuntu. Both are derived from Debian, but are designed to > > make the process of moving over easy for the pc user. > > > > God bless, > > > > Barry > > > > -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) minister of the Netherfield United > > Reformed church, Nottingham see http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk > > for our church homepages). > > > > Replies - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
