which OS for a PII 4oomhz PC?

[ExtraRefined]

I can barely run ubuntu on my pIII 800mhz 128mb ram laptop. I'd be amazed if it could even boot XP.

XP will run on a 386 with 4MB of RAM. Well, hobble perhaps, but it will boot. Just because it's not ideal, and won't be as good as a dual core with a GB or RAM dosen't mean it won't work.

http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm

That said, the advice about chucking it out and buying a cheap new machine is valid.

 

[souljacker]

i on th eother hand have got ubuntu working nice an quickly on a p2 lapy which stig has currently got and it's well speedy... for a p2...

Using Gnome or a different WM?

 

[Meltingpot]

as the topic is on linux distros , i vote for puppy linux as well for low spec pcs.

Yeah, I'm posting this using PizzaPuppy 3 (a Puppy derivative) at the moment. I can log on to Urban with Firefox in PizzaPup or Puppy when I can't with Firefox (or any other browser) in Vector, my other Linux distro.

Puppy loads into and runs in RAM, so it's very fast. I think you need 128 MB minimum for this though (my computer's got 256 MB); less than that, say 64 MB, and it will still run but a bit slower.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

well, after some disussion, I thought fuck it and intalled xp pro on it this afternoon

it'd appear to be working ok and at an ok speed too.

we'll see how it goes huh

I think I will have a look at puppy linux tho'

cheers guys

 

[subversplat]

XP runs fine on this old 333 celeron. It seems better at legacy hardware than 2000 and 98 ever were.

 

[longdog]

I can barely run ubuntu on my pIII 800mhz 128mb ram laptop. I'd be amazed if it could even boot XP.

My PIII laptop with 128Mb runs XP Pro just fine.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

well,
it is running XP pro (with no alterations to background stuff) just fine - I'm amazed and my wife is happy

hurrah and hussah!

 

[WWWeed]

XP will run on a 386 with 4MB of RAM. Well, hobble perhaps, but it will boot. Just because it's not ideal, and won't be as good as a dual core with a GB or RAM dosen't mean it won't work.

http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm

That said, the advice about chucking it out and buying a cheap new machine is valid.

interesting link you posted. I have to say it shocked me when they got xp working with an FSB of 8mhz!?!?!?!?!

The ethernet-card is more stable, it is PCI but runs still with 8 MHz,
so you can access the internet without a problem. Of course you need time, the homepage is availible after 10 minutes.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

well,
it (the PII with XP Pro) is still running fine and dandy-which is nice

I am posting from my laptop under Puppy linux - burnt a live cd about 20 minutes ago - it rocks-very easy to use/configure - will probably stick it on a usb stick and carry an OS and my files around