Running Ubuntu or Xubuntu with 550 Mhz and 186 MB RAM?

[Arthur Johnson]

> I _always_ use the alternate CD's to install - the liveCD's simply won't
> work on a machine with that limited amount of memory. Standard Ubuntu
> installs just fine; afterwards I just went through and ripped out some
> disk wasting programs that weren't useful on a machine that slow.
> Installing Xubuntu worked better out of the box as it already trims much
> of the fat included in standard Ubuntu.
>

On top of which its faster, which appeals to me.  If all I'm doing is
getting the live up to run the installer up, then it makes little sense to
me to get that heavy environment up.
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