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| 1160506 | 2010-12-10 22:39:00 | Hey all and hoping you can help? I have an aged, like me, Laptop; and ASUS Z8100, 2.8 GHz's 512 MB's shared ram (448 available) and looking for a suitable Linux to install. I've tried a puppy one, running off disk and it wouldn't set up wireless, which I need. :pf1mobile: Any advise appreciated, Ian :thanks |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1160507 | 2010-12-10 22:46:00 | Ubuntu :thumbs: | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1160508 | 2010-12-10 22:53:00 | Just Ubuntu? Like ver 10.10? How does one set up wireless, with it? | ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1160509 | 2010-12-10 22:54:00 | Yep, the latest ubuntu distro (10.10) is very sleek and supportive. It will or should rather, run nicely. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1160510 | 2010-12-10 22:58:00 | Just Ubuntu? Like ver 10.10? How does one set up wireless, with it? 10.10 is the latest so should have support for most hardware. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1160511 | 2010-12-10 23:05:00 | Either search for the info after you install it, on how to set up wireless. Or install something else | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1160512 | 2010-12-11 10:28:00 | Ummm ... He's asking for the info here ? This isn't really one of those times that LMGTFY is really suitable I'd say. ianhnz, Ubuntu comes *with* drivers for most things, so for the better part of it if it's gonna work, it's gonna work right outta the box. There are certain exceptions to that rule, but not many, so really it's a matter of "try it and see". As mentioned, because Ubuntu 10.10 is the most recent version of Ubuntu, it's likely to support most of the newer hardware (Though that machine isn't particularly new, but still). Give it a whirl and let us know how you go :) Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1160513 | 2010-12-11 11:25:00 | I just installed UserOS Select 10.04 (Ubuntu 10.04 with Xfce Desktop Environment rather than the normal Gnome DE) in my niece's Sony Laptop which sounds similarly spec'd to your laptop. It runs sweetly and she reckons it runs rings around WinXP that was on it before. The Xfce DE has less memory/cpu requirements than Gnome. UserOS Select 10.04 is available on the October Australian PC User mag DVD. Or you could try Xubuntu (Ubuntu 10.10 with Xfce DE): Xubuntu on DistroWatch.com (distrowatch.com) |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1160514 | 2010-12-11 11:31:00 | Ubuntu is good, for lower RAM try Lubuntu. (LXDE instead of Gnome) Xubuntu while designed for lower spec systems than Ubuntu was recently tested and found to use more RAM than Ubuntu. (apparently) If you want something insanely light try DSL (Damn Small Linux) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1160515 | 2010-12-11 19:31:00 | Hey all and hoping you can help? I have an aged, like me, Laptop; and ASUS Z8100, 2.8 GHz's 512 MB's shared ram (448 available) and looking for a suitable Linux to install. I've tried a puppy one, running off disk and it wouldn't set up wireless, which I need. :pf1mobile: Any advise appreciated, Ian :thanks I have Puppy with wireless on 2 older laptops set up no trouble. They boot in to Puppy on about 25 seconds and I am connected in about another 10 seconds. Dureing set up it found 5 other wireless neighbours.This was a bit confusing the first time. |
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