Re: [Nolug] distro recommendation

On 12/08/08 08:39, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> I've been trying to decide which distro to install on a crappy laptop.
> It is Dell inspiron 1000. Comes with 256Mb of memory soldered in. (I
> don't want to upgrade memory with soldering iron).

According to this, the Inspirion has 1 DIMM slot.
http://www.edgetechcorp.com/memory/upgrade.asp?cid=29475

> I do not remember
> which video card it has, but not too good either.

SiS 650 Integrated Graphics with 64MB Shared Memory, which x.org
appears to support.

> A good thing with this
> laptop is it's design. Simplistic looks with no bells and whistles.
>
> Basically I'm trying to find something with latest tools and such
> (Firefox, ooo, etc...), while still keeping the machine running
> relatively fast. Currently I have Xubuntu 8.10 installed on it and it
> seems to be running, but are there anything with not too much effort to
> make the thing run better. Naturally plus would be the looks which does
> not scare off typical Winblows user.

I'd go for something older and slower. Debian Stable/Etch.

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