Building new machine -- Ubuntu compatible?

[David Fletcher]

On Sunday 12 September 2010 02:50:53 Leonardo Augusto wrote:
> Almost every (even really old school computers - pentium 133 like) computer
> can run xubuntu...
> It's pretty fast, with average eyecandy, with all the ubuntu support (from
> both canonical and the community)
>

I just lent to a friend with a dead laptop, the only spare working PC I have, 
which is a Celeron 600 with 3x128MB RAM. It's running Lucid Xubuntu. It was 
working OK with my WiFi but not in her flat for some reason, but I was able 
to move the ADSL router to a phone socket in the same room and connect the PC 
through the Ethernet. It's usable for her for a couple of months.

She doesn't need power or portability so I'm recommending she gets one of the 
Atom motherboards I used in the low power server. It takes up to 2GB memory 
and has a DVI socket so it should make a nice little mini system for her 
methinks. I'm wondering whether or not to get another one for myself to play 
around with.

Dave