Saturday, February 26, 2011

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: reviving old laptop with Linux

 

Here's something to try:

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=connochaet
http://www.connochaetos.org/wiki/

Joan in Reno

--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com>
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: reviving old laptop with Linux
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 3:27 PM

 

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "michael r" <mjryg@...> wrote:

>

>

> What distro would be best for a beginner to upgrade

> a compaq armada 1570? specs are P2 366 mhz, 4mg ati rage video card,

> 64 mgs system ram 24x cdrom ( broken but will replaced soon)

> I found some info on the web on upgrading it to a P3 with more

> ram for not too much money.

>

With 64MB RAM I believe you will be limited in what installers will run today. This article may be helpful for you to read:

http://www.linux.com/news/hardware/desktops/8248-linux-distros-for-older-hardware

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