[ubuntu-uk] Dell Optiplex 740

[Bruno Girin]

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 09:15 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:54 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> > How much memory has this machine got?  If it's under 4GB I'd say stick 
> > with the 32-Bit version.
> 
> Thanks everyone for your help here.  It only has one Gig of memory
> anyway, and as it seems to work OK from the Lucid live CD (32 bit), I'll
> go for that rather than find she wants to use flash or something and
> can't.  She seems only to want to use the internet, and the normal
> office stuff as well as building web-pages, so everything she'll want
> will be well supported.  Only thing I have to try now is getting a
> wireless connection working - I have a spare wireless pci card, but if I
> cant get Ubuntu to find that, I'm sure I can add something on.  Her next
> door neighbour has offered to let her log on to the next door hub!!

If she wants to browse the internet, she'll probably want flash to work
so probably better to stick with 32 bits then.

If your spare wireless PCI card doesn't work, have a look at the list of
supported cards [1] before buying anything. Otherwise, I recently got
wireless working on an old laptop using a Netgear USB adapter I found at
Maplin for £30.

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported

Bruno