[drats_users] Linux recommendation for older Laptop.

[Bob Nielsen]

A problem I ran into with Mint is that there are DVD images but not CD images and I suspect an older laptop would be in the same situation.  To get around the Ubuntu UI, there are such things as Xubuntu and Lubuntu you might consider.

73, Bob N7XY

On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:17 PM, Dan Ozment <dan at ozment.net> wrote:

> I've always been a fan of Red Hat/Fedora, but I see your point about it installing everything.  I have Ubuntu on an older desktop, and it runs well.   But,  I'm a little frustrated with the UI.    
> 
> I have Mint running in a virtual machine on my real laptop, and I really like it.  IMHO, the UI is much cleaner them the version of Ubuntu that I have.   
> 
> So,  I wonder how Mint would run on the older machine.
> 
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> Sent from Samsung tablet
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> -------- Original message --------
> From Craig Gunther <craiggunther at yahoo.com> 
> Date: 01/04/2014 4:00 PM (GMT-05:00) 
> To Discussion of D-RATS <drats_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> 
> Subject Re: [drats_users] Linux recommendation for older Laptop. 
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> 
> The nice thing, and sometimes frustrating thing about Ubuntu (based on Debian) is that it installs a fairly minimal system which can be a bit easier on older hardware.  You will need to install additional packages if you need them.  I use it myself and feel good recommending it to others, although 12.x had a few issues :-)
> 
> I had always used Fedora in the past; however they (RedHat) liked to install everything including the kitchen sink.
> 
> Others could probably shed light on Debian, OpenSUSE, Mint, and others.
> 
> From: Daniel Metcalf <kb3uun at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of D-RATS <drats_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] Linux recommendation for older Laptop.
> 
> You can try ubuntu 12.04. I am running it on an older Lattitude D830.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:47 PM, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw at qsl.net> wrote:
> I have acquired free a used Dell Inspirion 600m laptop with 512 MB
> memory for use in deploying d-rats on.
> 
> So I am looking for recommendations on which Linux to install on it, as
> the newer versions of the major distributions all require at least 1 GB
> to enable the GUI.
> 
> It would be useful if the Linux GUI can give the power management
> status, as it turns out the reason the Laptop was free is that there is
> a loose connection on the power jack, so unless the cord is positioned
> correctly, it is not being charged.
> 
> Regards,
> -John
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