<div dir="ltr">Plus, with the mini.iso your getting a completely updated system out the gate as it uses the network to download and install all the packages.<br><br>Quick question about this method that we're advocating, how to you get a minimal X environment?  When I do the minimal install I typically install xubuntu-desktop, so how do you go about getting the minimal stuff while avoiding that massive metapackage?  When I use the mini.iso I'm usually using the cli option to get really lean.<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Pasi Lallinaho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:open@knome.fi">open@knome.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello Bas,<br> <br> you might also consider the Ubuntu minimal CD image<br> (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD</a>). With this<br> image, you can install only the packages you need.<br> <br> There is a lot of alternative Window Managers, which are even more light<br> than any Desktop Environment (including Xfce), for example Openbox or<br> Fluxbox. These need a bit more experience/hacking<br> skills/time/configuring, but are also worth considering.<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> Bas Roufs wrote:<br> > Dear Everybody<br> ><br> > As a provisional solution, I have to temporarily work with an old<br> > laptop, a 'Compaq Armada 100 S'. Main specifications:<br> > +/- 186 MB RAM, +/- 550 MhZ processor (Pentium II). The HD contains 4,7<br> > GB in total or 3,8 GB of free space if I would take into account the<br> > existing Window98 installation.<br> ><br> > So, I checked the Ubuntu website about the minimum system requirements:<br> ><br> >> Ubuntu is available for PC, 64-Bit PC and Intel based Mac<br> >> architectures. At least 256 MB of RAM is required to run the alternate<br> >> install CD (384MB of RAM is required to use the live CD based<br> >> installer). Install requires at least 4 GB of disk space.<br> >><br> >><br> > Does - in spite of this- any one have experience with Ubuntu on an old<br> > computer with specifications similar to those above?<br> ><br> > 'Xubuntu' has the image to be able to run on old computers with a<br> > limited capacity. However, at Xubuntu.org, the following has been written:<br> ><br> ><br> >> To run the Desktop CD (LiveCD + Install CD), you need 128 MB RAM to<br> >> run or 192 MB RAM to install. The Alternate Install CD only requires<br> >> you to have 64 MB RAM. (...) Once installed, Xubuntu can run with 192<br> >> MB RAM, but it is strongly recommended to have at least 256 MB RAM.<br> >><br> ><br> > Does any one have experience with Xubuntu on an old computer with<br> > similar specifications?<br> ><br> > Is there any other Linux distro that could work on that old Compaq, at<br> > least in combination with OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird?<br> ><br> > Thanks for your reply,<br> > Respectfully Yours,<br> > Bas.<br> ><br> ><br> <br> --<br> </div></div><font color="#888888">Pasi Lallinaho<br> Xubuntu Marketing Lead<br> Web-designer, graphic artist<br> IRC: knome @ freenode<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> --<br> xubuntu-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>