cannot install ubuntu on older HP computer

[Karl Larsen]

On 07/25/2010 05:54 PM, Antczak Family wrote:
> I installed lubuntu from CD and all went fine.   I did the full 
> install that wiped the hard drive since the hard drive is so small. 
>  Now I need to get the internet running on it.    On that computer I 
> was using a linksys USB adapter.   Can I reinstall that using the 
> linksys CD?   I have never used an OS other than Windows.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com 
> <mailto:yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:25:01 -0400
>     Antczak Family <antczak at rochester.rr.com
>     <mailto:antczak at rochester.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     > i checked and it is 668 mhz with 320 mb ram.  The hard drive is
>     28 gb with 9
>     > gb free.   Would I be better off to install xbundtu?
>     >
>     >
>     Xubuntu will run OK on that spec., while Ubuntu may well get a bit
>     bogged down. Another option is Lubuntu <http://lubuntu.net>, which
>     is intended for machines like yours. I run it on even lower spec.
>     machines and it is quite nippy.
>
>
>     --
>     Steve Cook (Yorvyk)
>
>     http://lubuntu.net
>
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         Try turning on the computer with the Linksys adapter plugged 
in. Your Ubuntu should find and use it :-)

73 Karl


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