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ConawayNY
Joined: 29 Jan 2009
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Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:50 am |
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I have an old Toshiba Tecra with about 80M of ram. I don't know how Win 95 ever ran on the thing. I can't begin to load Ubuntu with less than 250M (or so it says in the fine print) Is there any place that deals in obsolete memory?  : |
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zmjjmz92
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Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:39 pm |
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Dude, you do not want to put Ubuntu anything on that.
Can you tell me more specifications (such as processor speed, hard disk size, etc.)?
(And Windows 95 could easily run in 8MB RAM) |
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lilrabbit129
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:33 pm |
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The best resource I've found is eBay. The memory is pretty expensive ( when compared to current-generation capacity and prices), but they're usually pretty good. I got a 512 stick of PC133 SDRAM last year for about $25. This is expensive when you at the time you could get roughly 2GB of DDR2 for the same money, but that 512 stick helped make my spare machine into a useable server. So I think it was money well spent.
Agreed, we'd have to know more about that machine you're thinking of putting ubuntu on. For something with very low resources, I'd suggest something like puppy or DSL. |
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JohnLM
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
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Location: LATVIA
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Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:34 pm |
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80 is pretty good for running some lightweight distro.
Don't aim for Ubuntu or it's "relatives"
DSL is pretty cool, yet it is LiveCD only (it offers HDD install, but is quite buggish there) (I liked old 3.x.x interface better than new 4.x.x)
You could also try Debian with custom selected lightweight packages, but that is advanced stuff - not recommended if you haven't quite a Linux experience already.
Puppy also should do fine, though never used myself. |
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DEdwards
Joined: 10 Jul 2008
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Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:42 pm |
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CrazyWhiteKid
Joined: 03 Sep 2008
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Location: Rochester, NY
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Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:28 am |
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| JohnLM wrote: |
80 is pretty good for running some lightweight distro.
Don't aim for Ubuntu or it's "relatives" |
INX Linux. http://inx.maincontent.net/ |
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JohnLM
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
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Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:19 am |
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Yeah! INX looks quite fun, but I still prefer ye olde plain shell command line.
Thanks for the link! |
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Ymra
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Sat May 30, 2009 6:40 pm |
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lo0m
Joined: 28 Jul 2009
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Location: Czech Republic
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Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:40 pm |
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| JohnLM wrote: |
Yeah! INX looks quite fun, but I still prefer ye olde plain shell command line.
Thanks for the link! |
i believe you can hit "x" in the menu anytime for proper shell... |
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