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  • Started 4 years ago by jack7h3r1pp3r
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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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would any body like to help me decide which linux os to install on an older pc the computer specs are:

pII 400mhZ

384mb ram pc 133

HDD 13gb

so i kinda need something that will run nicely on it and that installs on the hard drive. thx jack7h3r1pper

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thegeek
The Geek
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You could try:

xubuntu (ubuntu but with a more limited gui for speed): http://www.xubuntu.org/
- this would probably be the easiest to deal with, as there's a lot of ubuntu support out there.

Damnsmalllinux: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Puppy linux: http://www.puppylinux.org/

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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ya i think that i will try out xubuntu and puppy then. and i already have dsl and i have thought about using it but it seems a bit limited.

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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thx geek currently using xubuntu on that pII works great so far. might try out puppy too seems to be a bit faster but i think that it is meant to be more of a live disk than an hdd install though. which is why i went with the xubuntu instead.

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