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| Thread ID: 114625 | 2010-12-10 22:39:00 | Best Linux, for laptop | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1160516 | 2010-12-11 19:43:00 | As always, you can create a bootable USB stick and try them all, or some at least! I have been running Ubuntu 9.04 on a similar HP laptop very successfuly, but its backlight just died so I now have a netbook that I'm trying 10.04 NBR off usb. It is using about 250MB RAM. Have fun! |
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| 1160517 | 2010-12-11 19:50:00 | Stock standard Ubuntu (with Gnome) will run fine with those specs. | Myth (110) | ||
| 1160518 | 2010-12-11 21:10:00 | Go here for instructions on setting up puppy:easylinuxcds.com It is easy peasy but there may be a few "blips" if you have not used linux before. Any linux distro has its quirks. I had trouble trying Ubuntu on my lappy's getting screen resolution right and it got so frustrating I gave it away. Puppy will do anything most people want without complaining. Do note tho my comment on all the wireless users found around me: 3 out of the five were "open" and I could have (and still could as I have just checked) connected to their modem. When setting up you have to sort out from the connections found,which is yours and then set it up. |
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| 1160519 | 2010-12-11 22:14:00 | I prefer Ubuntu as it has more expansive software repositories. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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