Ubuntu 5.10 minumum requirements

[David Gonzalez Rivera]

Tom Hines wrote:
> Hello.  I tried to liberate my sister from Windows last weekend.  She
> has an Intel Celeron 500 mhz, 128 mb ram.  To see if she had enough
> horsepower, I tried to boot Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD., but it failed.  It
> just took forever and I finally gave up.  I concluded that she didn't
> have enough memory.
>
> The 5.10 release notes say that 128 mb is enough.  Is that true?  Does
> Live CD require more than that?  I'm reluctant to install it until I
> see Live CD running on it.  Is anybody running 5.10 with 128 mb ram?
>
> Thanks.
> Tom Hines
>
>   
Well since we are talking about a old machine, my best guess is that the 
cdrom is slow too, so that means it will require a better cdrom, or at 
least you can install ubuntu..