Soündless Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 i am going to be recieving two dell inspirons, they both are 700mhz and p3s. what is the best distro for dell 700mhz p3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 gentoo or ubuntu both run fine on my 700mhz dell optiplex GX300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 cool. do i need to get older versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 how about Parallel Knoppix accross both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 nope newest work just get xfce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_toadman Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 my 2 cents... d/l the 'ubuntu alternate' iso and then, like mac-mini said, "apt-get" the xfce gui and your set. i've put it on a work laptop (with similar specs) and it ran quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 ok. maybe the wrong place to ask this, but would it be possible to link them together and have a "super-ish" computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 xubuntu is out so you can just use the CD here http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/feisty/release/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I have Xubuntu 7.04 running on a 400MHz Celeron with 64MB of ram. It actually works decently well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I suggest you a gentoo or debian based linux distro with xfce as WM (it's tiny and great looking). Check the latest sidux or the etch (do a network install and select only the packages you want). By default the Etch comes with KDE and it's far from a slim system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Qaz Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Actually Parallel Knoppix is good for linking comps. I've never used it, but it's fairly easy I hear. Bout 30mins to an hour is my guess for setting it up. They actually would run quite well too. ^.^ Have fun! www.distrowatch.com then browse to Parallel Knoppix in case you didn't know. Email me at 00free@gmail.com if you need any further help. Your friend, -Free P.S. I've never used it, but I've compiled Gentoo from the ground up, so I have some Linux experience. Been a user for 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_7 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 how about puppy?lightweight and fast too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlinebacon Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Well to be honest, I have used linux for years, and any distribution IS going to work on that computer. You can use anything, as long as you learn to change desktop environments, and maybe stop some services that you need. If I were you I would keep away from large desktop environments such as KDE, and gnome. Stick to something like Xfce or enlightenment e17 if you still want the cosyness of a desktop environment but with less RAM usage Or you could use any distro with fluxbox, openbox, wmii or any of the minimalist windows managers Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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