Re: Linux for an older PC

From: John (ammo1_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/23/05 

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:44:17 +1200

zekolas wrote:
> John wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a AMD K6 2 500 with 256 meg ram 6.4gig HD and (shudder) shared
>> graphics
>>
>> I would like to run a flavor of linux on this machine!
>
>
> The only thing I worry about is the graphics card, some
> integrated/shared cards do not work with linux.
>
> However I would suggest Ubuntu, you can also download an ubuntu live cd
> to make sure all your hardware works before actually installing it.

Hello thank you for the suggestion! I will have a look at that as well!!

Ive had more probs with distros finding the network card a RealTek
8139!!! when Ive tried installing linux in the past its normally the
graphics or the sound thats the most trouble to get working!

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