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Old 03-28-2007, 02:59 PM   #1
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Xubuntu or Kubuntu?


Hi,

Me and a friend of mine are getting a free AMD Duron-based system with a CPU of around 1GHz and possibly 256mb or RAM (If I can get a 128mb stick).

We are leaning towards Kubuntu but Xubuntu says it needs very little to run. So which one? We don't want to do anything too fancy really, it's just a mess-around box.
 
Old 03-28-2007, 04:07 PM   #2
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Kubuntu will run okay on 256MB and 1GHz. Nothing fancy, and might feel a smidge sluggish if you have something like OpenOffice.org open. I like KDE better than XFCE as a desktop though.

Generally, what I do on my systems is to just do a base install (from the alternate CD) and then build whatever I want on top of it. Doing a sudo aptitude install kdebase xorg (on Debian, but should be similar on Ubuntu) gives me a desktop that only consumes 55MB RAM. Of course, OO eats like 90MB and Firefox is like 85MB...
 
Old 03-28-2007, 04:42 PM   #3
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Why not run gnome with ubuntu for a happy medium? Personally I think KDE is too bulky, I use some of the apps but the GUI was a bit sluggish for me back when I used to run a 1200Mhz Duron with 512megs of RAM. That being said I like to multitask and so not having a heavy graphics environment helps for me. Xfce is clean and works well for low RAM systems, so out of KDE and Xfce I would go with Xfce.
 
Old 03-28-2007, 04:59 PM   #4
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Go with a distro that has Fluxbox if you want it fast-thats what I do.
 
Old 03-28-2007, 06:36 PM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FreeShack
Hi,

Me and a friend of mine are getting a free AMD Duron-based system with a CPU of around 1GHz and possibly 256mb or RAM (If I can get a 128mb stick).

We are leaning towards Kubuntu but Xubuntu says it needs very little to run. So which one? We don't want to do anything too fancy really, it's just a mess-around box.
I'd go with Xubuntu...Kubuntu(KDE) is a mess if you ask me.

Xfce is minimal, but very functional if you ask me, and is the way to go on older PCs. KDE is known to be the most resource heavy fo the "main" 3 desktop GUIs. Gnome is a close second, Xfce a distant third, and Flux is in a world of its own. .

IGF
 
Old 03-30-2007, 06:15 AM   #6
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Cheers for your replies guys. I'm going to go with Xubuntu.
 
Old 05-16-2007, 08:38 AM   #7
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Hi all
my apologies to FreeShack for using his/her topic but i didn't want to create another similar one.
here is my Q: i'm gonna install one of the distros from ubuntu family. my machine is poor Pentiom 200 MHz with 96MB RAM and 2MB S3 video card .
so, what would be you advice? should I abandon an idea or give it a try?
I had Slackware 7.1 installed on it and it ran ok slowing down when I used DEs
 
Old 05-16-2007, 08:42 AM   #8
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What are you using the system for?

If you are just useing it as a home system and are used to slackware, might try zenwalk. Or if you want could do a debian base system install and build a fluxbox or xfce system from scratch.

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Old 05-16-2007, 09:50 AM   #9
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It depends on how primitive you accept the system to be. Damn Small Linux is capable to run a X server on a i486 33MHz machine. On a Pentium MMX like yours it will be quite fast. Xubuntu could work, but don't except wonders. I have Ubuntu running on a Pentium 3 450MHz and it's really on the slow side. But I was not willing to give away usability and Xubuntu didn't convinced me.
 
Old 05-16-2007, 09:58 AM   #10
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True

But i have debian on a 486 DX-100. lightning fast firewall and server running fluxbox. GUI is just eyecandy and i believe even ubuntu can easily install fluxbox, blackbox, menumaker, XFCE, KDE and such.
 
Old 05-16-2007, 10:16 AM   #11
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@hern 28

How do I envy you! My Ubuntu server on a Pentium 166 is slow like a snail. Will try Feisty soon, maybe it helps.

GUI just eyecandy? Uhm, well, there many will disagree. GUI is an enormous help for many people that aren't computer freaks and need a desktop. On a server of course ...
 
Old 05-16-2007, 10:29 AM   #12
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I agree.

True, when i was saying "eye-candy" wasn't saying that any were more or less powerful than the others . Easy to use... have found thats more a learning curve base, its easy once you have figured it out. I have only been using linux since late feb, early march this year. You will find instead that if you ask me my favorite, its simply linux. I like all the GUI's that I have mentioned but so far can either make all of them, or easily find how to make all of them do what i want. Current toy is Zenwalk, Updated to slackware-current, with a few items from ubuntu, debian, and etc.. Was just answering the question to getting linux to work and be comfortably usable on his linux system

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Are you running the genome GUI hansalfredche on the server?

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Old 05-17-2007, 01:45 AM   #13
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thank you all for responces
i think i'm gonna install good old Slackware 7.1 on that machine. i want to try to make this PC the router connected to internet and sharing it with one Win XP computer.
Frankly, I don't know what will come out from this risky venture but i'm hoping on help from LQ guys
 
Old 05-17-2007, 07:33 AM   #14
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Well, no there is no GUI. I use Webmin however. But the server was already slow before I installed it. Must be something with the network configuration, but I simply can't figure out what is slowing down the machine. On the command line it is reasonably fast.
 
  


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