Re: Ubuntu on old machine

On 08/31/2008 08:13 AM, Doug Pollard wrote:
Hi all,
I have something I want to try later Probably in the spring and am
looking for a couple of opinions. I would like to put EMC on an old
computer I have. Right now I am busy with doing video and trying to get
some knowhow with the terminal. This whole thing is now in the thinking
about stage. I have a little shop with a lathe and milling machine
that would be fun to run as CNC on Emc.
The box is a E-machine 266 MHZ and 250 megabits of Random
access memory. It has a 4o gig and 60 gig hard drives. It will boot
from cd. Will Ubuntu 8.04 install and run on such a machine? Would I
be better off to try something like Xubuntu or Puppy Linux. The machine
will be totally dedicated to EMC. All other Ubuntu work will be done
on the machine I am presently using.
I am also keeping my eyes open for a free or really cheap box with a
little more oomff :-) the question may be mute.
Thanks for any advice, Doug


It will install fine if you use the alternate CD. Running on such a slow
machine with limited memory can be like watching paint dry. I'd
recommend that you save the drives and check at your local recycle
center for a faster machine. Just be aware that memory sticks for old
machines are considerably more expensive than they are for new machines,
so be prepared to pay a few bucks for added memory. I've got 8 machines
running Ubuntu from 350Mhz/128Mb, 600Mhz/256, 800Mhz/384, 1.7Ghz/ etc.,
to 2.4Ghz/1GB and memory rules. All but two are from the recycle bins
(350Mhz laptop and 800Mhz laptops); most throw them out because they
can't run Vista with 256MB. I've 3 2.4Ghz machines that are perfectly
good that were tossed for that reason; I added a some memory (512, 768,
1G) and they zip right along.





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