Ubuntu on old machine

[David Vincent]

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Nils Kassube wrote:
> Neil wrote:
>> I do not know wether EMC is able to run from terminal, but if it can
>> it might help to kill the gui with the command: "init 3" I belive it
>> is (not sure). 
> 
> No, it isn't. Unless you have a special configuration, there is no 
> difference between runlevels 2, 3, 4, 5 on a *Ubuntu machine. If you 
> don't want to use a GUI, it might be better to not install a GUI in the 
> first place. Just install the Ubuntu server version which by default has 
> no GUI.

Ubuntu Server is great for older dedicated machines!  I built a
wireless-bridge using an old PII-350 and 64mb of RAM.  After booting the
entire system uses just 16-22mb of RAM to run.

- -d

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