Re: [Nolug] Given this laptop, which distro would you put on it?

I'd burn an Xbuntu Live DVD onto a thumb drive and boot from that to see
how the laptop performs. You might also see about upgrading the RAM
with 3rd party DIMMs.

And install the nvidia proprietary driver.

On 04/10/2011 08:21 PM, Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> I've got an old P4 3GHz Dell machine with a half gig of RAM. Video card is
> NVIDIA, wireless is some Broadcom that works. Not sure right now if the
> memory is maxxed out.
>
> Given this low-end hardware, what modern distro would you put on this if
> your primary goal is watching YouTube videos?
>

-- 
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure
the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally
corrupt."
Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749
___________________
Nolug mailing list
nolug@nolug.org