New instalation, old distribution, antique machine

[Ric Moore]

On 07/31/2012 02:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote:

> But frankly a pre-2006 PC won't run 12.04 well. It's too much for my
> 2004 IBM Thinkpad; I've dropped down to Lubuntu, which your machine
> could probably cope with.

Exactly Liam! That's the best advice so far to the gentleman. Lubuntu 
works on older iron better than anything else to come down the pike and 
still have basic desktop features. It might even be an vast improvement 
over his version 6.06 experience. Ric




-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html