[ubuntu-za] Reason for installing Ubuntu 5.10

[Bill Cairns]

There is one reason for sticking to 5.10 that has not been mentioned -
there are some old USB 1 ports that just do not work on later versions.
I have no idea why and have (and still frequently do) search the forums
for a solution. I have gone back to 5.10 on that particular machine.



On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 13:53 +0200, Jan Groenewald wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 04:19:50AM -0700, Rich D. wrote:
> >    The reason for Ubuntu 5.10 is because the machines (there's two of them
> >    now)  I'm rebuilding for the kiddies are old and slow.  P-II's with less
> >    then 200mb of Ram and 6 gb hard drives.
> 
> It won't be faster on breezy -- you'll just have problems. Sure, breezy
> was stable, and I still run it in one lab (switching over to feisty as 
> we speak). But your reasoning is flawed.
> 
> >    These systems meet the requirements of  5.10  To go with the latest
> >    version just wouldn't be possible.   There's always the option to install
> >    a MS product on these machines but I would like to keep them open source. 
> 
> No, I agree dapper was somewhat slower than breezy, but edgy and now
> feisty got some significant improvements. Requirements is 192M RAM and 
> 2G disk space. The extra RAM is for the installer, not for running the 
> desktop. Install feisty (after 22 March, beta release), and ask back
> on the list how to tweak it. Then your kids will actually be able to
> use the boxes for something useful as well.
> 
> >    Besides wanting to keep the machines open source I feel it would be a step
> >    backwards to install 98 or 2000 Pro on them unless of course that would be
> >    the better solution.  
> 
> No, that would suck.
> 
> >    Anyway feedback or input from the group is appreciated, 
> 
> Wait till 22 March. Download and install feisty. Mail back for
> assistance in tweaking for performance. 
> 
> cheers,
> Jan
> 
> 
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