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Best Distro 4 CPi D300XT?
What's the best and easy linux OS for Latitude CPi D300XT, that's 300Mhz with 128 RAM.
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March 10th, 2008 06:00
What's the best and easy linux OS for Latitude CPi D300XT, that's 300Mhz with 128 RAM.
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jdelidc
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March 10th, 2008 13:00
note that fedora is not the easiest distro to learn. imo, ubuntu is the easiest to learn, so if you have no used any linux yet, i would recomend downloading ubuntu and running that as a live cd on a better computer first so you can get the hang of it. specs are the same as xp media center edition, roughly 1ghz and 512 mb ram. not sure how far back ubuntu goes but if it goes back far enough where the minimums go that low, go ahead and use it.
fedora 2 says it needs more ram, but since you don't have it, during the install you will need to format a swap partition. after it formats it, it will tell you that it needs to activate swap. let it
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NautTboy
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March 10th, 2008 20:00
As mentioned I have only 300 mhz and 128 RAM. Ubuntu will not work. Tried Xbuntu(GUI) stuck at partitioner. Xbuntu(TXT) stuck towards the end selecting packages. I'd also tried others with no success. I'd success installing knoppix but no audio and fan. I want something that out perform XP other than previous windows. Puppy linux is one i haven't try. I will try that.
jdelidc
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March 11th, 2008 07:00
i think the minimums for puppy are like 200 mhz and 64 mb ram although 32 is possible with a swap file. and the neat thing about puppy is that with the amount of ram you have, you can load the image entirely into ram (puppy=toram or something like that, follow prompts) for some more added speed. have not used it on my 400 mhz machnine but did use it on a 1.5 ghz machine and had 0 reaction time for everything. you click and the programs are there before the button even pops back up
NautTboy
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March 11th, 2008 20:00
Wow, I like it. Live CD boot up quick too comparing to other distro. I can't HD install procedure. Could you help?
jdelidc
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March 14th, 2008 13:00
to be honest, i could never get it to install either. part of the reason (though compiz-fusion sealed the deal) i stuck with fedora after being introduced to puppy