[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu on P4

[Marius Kruger]

On 11 August 2010 23:08, Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:
> I've been struggling for weeks with a 2.6GHz P4, trying to install Ubuntu
> 10.04.  So far I have upgraded the RAM from 256MB to 512MB, replaced the
> harddrive, used different SATA ports and tried to install both Ubuntu and
> Xubuntu.  The symptoms are pretty much the same all the time:
>
> a. Only the Alternative (text-based) installers work well.   The graphical
> installers slows down to a crawl or hangs after a while.

What I would do on such an old pc is try installing the netbook remix,
I think the software/service choices are a bit better for old hardware.
(you can try it out booting from a flashdrive, not sure if P4s can
boot of flashdrives though)

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<>< Marius ><>