25-12-2010, 21:54
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
you could try Linux Mint to see if it's a known bug that they have fixed,as that's based on Ubuntu.
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27-12-2010, 16:14
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
Tried Linux Mint also and the installation hangs the same as the other 2 I have tried.
Going to try another type of disk and see what happens .
Has anyone tried Mandriva or Fedora ?.
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27-12-2010, 22:55
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
How about trying a live CD/USB stick boot before trying to install. If a distro works from CD it should work from disk.
Used Fedora for a long time years ago - it's not the most flexible or lightweight distro IMO. Not tried Mandriva.
What is your hardware and what are you trying to achieve?
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31-12-2010, 13:52
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
The laptop is a toshiba satelite s1800-314 and just want for Internet browsing.
As it has no wireless i have a dlink DWA 140 to use .
I have been looking at Re Hat but cant figure out what file to download to burn to disk .
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31-12-2010, 13:59
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
I know nothing about Linux but have just Stumbled across something called Presto, it installs from Windows and gives a dual boot, it also claims to load in seconds.
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31-12-2010, 14:10
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
you have to pay for Red Hat, try Fedora which is based on it, and free. PCLinuxOS could be a good choice as well, it's come back to life again recently, and there's a choice of desktop,, the lxde version may be good for you.
Presto looks to be the new Xandros which was used on netbooks, but didn't seem to popular, from what I read a lot of ppl either ditched it for XP, or netbook versions of Ubuntu etc.
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02-01-2011, 17:27
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
I got PcLinuxOS and Knoppix to run from the disk, but with Knoppix installs to hard drive to 41% and locks up and cant work out how to get PcLinuxOS to install to drive.
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02-01-2011, 18:54
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Re: Low spec Linux desktop?
I would have thought PCLinuxOS would have a desktop shortcut, if not a shortcut in the "start" menu should let you install it.
Knoppix isn't really designed to be installed to hard drive, they recomend using Debian if you're going to do that.
Regarding your install problems, they're all based on debian, seems unlikely but could be a strange problem there.
however I'd be more inclined to look at the hard drive and run a diagnostic utility on it, usually downloadable from the manufacturer of the hard drive as bootable iso, or on a disc like Hiren.
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