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Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 8:47 PM
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 8:55 PM
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Lubuntu was installed just because I needed something up and running in a couple of hours. If I were setting the system up again I would probably choose Gnome 2 (or Mate) as the desktop environment, on either bare Debian, or Mint.
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 9:08 PM
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I use Ubuntu server on my older Revos with XCFE4 for my GUI which seems to work well
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 9:21 PM
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Pretty sure I originally installed Mint 8 on it but haven't bothered updating to a newer one since 9, can't say if a newer version would be as quick.
I have CrunchBang (#!) on an atom powered mini desktop and that really flies but have not had Windows, in any form, on that machine for comparison.
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 9:41 PM
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Quote If your unit still has XP running, use a key recovery tool to grab the installed key then you can reinstall it if needed.
Managed to get the key using Belarc Advisor
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 9:46 PM
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I suggest Debian based ones such as Ubuntu, Mint etc
Try Mint 13 (a long term release).
Its got a small screen so you won't be doing any fancy graphics.
I bet XP will struggle.
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 10:39 PM
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
17-05-2013 11:31 PM
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Try running Xbuntu - its a bit basic but doesn't ask for the graphics.
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
18-05-2013 7:18 AM
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Quote from: AverageWhiteBloke Just been given a MSI Netbook U100, still finding the full spec for it but so far it seems to have an Intel Atom N270 1.6ghz 800mhz CPU and 1 gig ram.
I'm guessing the spec is largely similar to my Aspire One
[waldo@archey ~]$ inxi -v3
System: Host: archey Kernel: 3.9.2-1-ARCH i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.0) Desktop: Gnome (Gtk 3.8.2) Distro: Arch Linux
Machine: System: Acer product: AOA150 version: 1
Mobo: Acer model: N/A Bios: Acer version: v0.3310 date: 10/06/2008
CPU: Single core Intel Atom CPU N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags:
(pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3193.97
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.14.1 driver: intel Resolution: 1024x600@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 00:1e:68:d0:b1:77
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
(PCI-Express) driver: ath5k bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: 00:23:4d:02:f5:6e
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (4.8% used) 1: model: ST9120817AS
Info: Processes: 138 Uptime: 7:12 Memory: 474.6/993.5MB Gcc sys: 4.8.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.8.47
Pretty much any (32-bit) distro and desktop environment will work acceptably; I find Arch/GNOME3 works surprisingly well.
If Ubuntu is what you're familiar with then Ubuntu/Mint are as a good a choice as any; Xfce, MATE, and LXDE will be less resource-hungry than GNOME3.
Bodhi Linux is worth a look if you want something a little more minimalist.
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
18-05-2013 2:04 PM
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All that's a bit in the back ground at the moment. I made a proper rocks up of the re-install of windows last night and ended up with three installs of xp on the machine was tired was my excuse I know it's probably the wrong place to ask but I'm here anyway, some people seem to have one of these or similar that have posted and we're all adults here The file system seems a bit weird to me. There is a hard drive that is solely for the re-install and then another HD which I suspect is the same drive partitioned.
I have three xp's showing up in the boot screen. One is the guy I got it off, one is the fresh one I installed and the other is a failed install attempt. There is also a default windows.
Does anyone know how to remove all the installations and just leave the original? I can get into the boot.ini files using the Ubuntu live cd and edit that. I can remove boot entries for the ones that don't work but if I remove them all except the default the computer won't boot so I guess I need to keep one of the other working install. Either the one I created or the one of the guy I got it off. Once I get to that stage I could do a re-install but this time without creating another. The boot screen was so fast I don't think I read the instructions properly and installed another instead of re-installing the one that was there if that makes sense.
The other problems is once these installs are removed from the boot menu the folders are still on the computer. Anyone know which folders are safe to delete? Bit worried with having no OS to to use other than the recovery partition. If I delete something wrong on that I won't be able to get the windows back on the system.
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
18-05-2013 9:48 PM
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Quote from: AverageWhiteBloke There is a hard drive that is solely for the re-install and then another HD which I suspect is the same drive partitioned.
I have three xp's showing up in the boot screen. One is the guy I got it off, one is the fresh one I installed and the other is a failed install attempt. There is also a default windows.
A 'factory reset' from the recovery partiton seems the logical solution (or am I missing something since I'm in the habit of simply nuking Windows partitions?).
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
18-05-2013 10:00 PM
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
18-05-2013 10:49 PM
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Runinng lspci from a terminal should identify the wireless card
[waldo@archey ~]$ lspci
[...]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Re: Distro Recomendation Please
19-05-2013 1:25 AM
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I'd suggest you load a 64 bit install - even though you don't need it for memory access.
I have 1TB of disk - and I find it a bit limiting.
(I've got a load of video stored on it).
You can delete or create partitions with gparted.
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Re: Distro Recomendation Please
19-05-2013 11:36 AM
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Quote Runinng lspci from a terminal should identify the wireless card
Yeah mate I managed to find it using lspci, problem was I'd had a few beers and I spent two hours going round in circles thinking nothing was working only to realise that even though the drivers are installed you have press fn/f11 to switch the wifi on.
Quote In view of the small drive size, aren't you forced to have Linux or Windows?
This thing has 160gig, 40 of which is the restore drive which I'm sure I can shrink if I find out which folders contain the other installs. More than enough to dual boot.
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