So I found a computer. No really. It is a compaq presario 2200. Found it with lubuntu installed and a disc of it in the drive of lubuntu 12.04 LTS. My elderly neighbor wants it. (He is 75) It has: Intel Celeron M Processor at a whopping 1400mb 474MB of memory!
What should I do with it? I was thinking installing mint (which it does not meet the minimum specs) or something Picture sort of related.
Try one of these: Antix Linux Puppy Linux Bodhi Linux
They kinda made for bad/old hardware, at least one of them should work for you (At least I hope so)
Luke Clark
Hmmm. Suggested Flavor? or just straight up base Debian with modifications?
Ethan Ross
>>Puppy Linux Was thinking about that. Haven't used it in years though.
Austin Nguyen
put Puppy onto it. it's exactly what it's designed for. really neat distro too, very easy to use for anyone.
Caleb Murphy
Me again, also found an article in an pc magazine from last year: 4MLinux SalentOS Slitaz-Linux
I don't have any experience with any of these, but maybe one of them works fine for you.
Ayden Thomas
Never heard of any of those. But if puppy doesn't work out, i'm up to explore!
William Morris
>has lubuntu >wants to install memeint
Jason Wright
Neither I did, but I just remembered this magazine & googled the page. Its in german, but maybe you can find something useful when its translated over google translator:
Op here, I dislike Ubuntu and it's children. Mint is okay though, i guess.
Andrew Phillips
mint is a neat distro for people who aren't familiar with gnu/linux systems, it provides a nice UI for everything that needs to be done with a neat graphical system for updating.
Chase James
It is why I like it. I regularly hand it out to friends to "fix" their computers.
Meanwhile, Looking through puppy, this might work. I'm going to try a live version first. Think a liveUSB will work on it?
Nolan Diaz
yes, that's what it's made for. you can unmount it once it's booted and remove the drive too.
Henry Lewis
>I dislike Ubuntu and it's children >Mint is okay though, i guess you guessed wrong as mint is the most retarded child of ubuntu
Jeremiah Wright
Well I know that part will work. Was wondering if the laptop supports that. I found it with a LiveCD, an actual CD-R. So I'm unsure if even the DVD drive works.
Cameron Torres
oh right. nothing to lose by trying it anyway though right?
Carter Anderson
True. I'll prepare both though, just to save the hassle.
Jonathan Bailey
Op here. Currently burning images. Results in a bit.