[SOLVED] Linux for old laptop

Saptech · 05-18-2011, 11:05 PM

Maybe try Mageia Linux, it comes with KDE as default and a fork of Mandriva. I recently installed it on one of my grandkids HP AMD64 computer with 512mb of ram and don't run to many programs at once.

adil91 · 05-22-2011, 10:10 AM

Will be opensuse a good choice if I use a lightweight desktop version like xfce?

SalmonEater · 05-22-2011, 10:50 AM

Either zenwalk std or antiX (antiX-M11-486 or antiX-M11-686) will work, as suggestions.

EDIT: vlc may be pushing it too much, esp. playing DVDs

rich_c · 05-23-2011, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by adil91

Will be opensuse a good choice if I use a lightweight desktop version like xfce?

Personally, I'd be willing to give it a go!

TobiSGD · 05-23-2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SalmonEater

EDIT: vlc may be pushing it too much, esp. playing DVDs

VLC will run fine on any machine with 2.2 GHz and 512MB RAM, also DVD playback.

adil91 · 05-27-2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rediflex

The newest release, M11, is a bit better than M8.5, all in good ways. I had a few issues with antiX the first time I tried it (8.5) but am sucessfully running and loving M11 on my laptop as we speak.

I tried antix and i didnt like its desktop.

eveningsky339 · 05-27-2011, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by adil91

Will be opensuse a good choice if I use a lightweight desktop version like xfce?

opensuse + xfce is a good choice.

The fact of the matter is, 512 MB of RAM is not enough to comfortably run KDE. I would advise that you try LXDE or XFCE.

cascade9 · 05-27-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by adil91

I tried antix and i didnt like its desktop.

I dont like IceWM (antix default desktop IIRC) much myself. Installing Xfce on antix should be easy.

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD

VLC will run fine on any machine with 2.2 GHz and 512MB RAM, also DVD playback.

Once you start getting up to 2.0GHz+ VLC should play most video files just fine, though it could still have problems running HD (720P+) content.

As long as its not HD content, VLC will run just fine on much lower specs than that. I've played a lot of Xvid/Divx .avi files with VLC on a P3-800.

adil91 · 06-01-2011, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eveningsky339

opensuse + xfce is a good choice.

The fact of the matter is, 512 MB of RAM is not enough to comfortably run KDE. I would advise that you try LXDE or XFCE.

opensuse with xfce works gud in ma laptop...tnx all for ur response...arch and gentoo is also gud i thnk,as frm wat i read..but the installation fails for me...

TobiSGD · 06-01-2011, 08:17 AM

Good that you have it working, but please spell out your words, SMS speak is not allowed on this forum.