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yes, it's that which one question...i'm mainly interested in 3 distros: ubuntu, xubuntu and simplymepis. i've been a windows user and VERY tired of it for all the obvious reasons ...
- 06-30-2007 #1Just Joined!
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that "which one" question--
yes, it's that which one question...i'm mainly interested in 3 distros: ubuntu, xubuntu and simplymepis. i've been a windows user and VERY tired of it for all the obvious reasons and need a simple entry to get my feet wet with linux. i've been reading forums and doing google searches at night after work. i do mainly surfing around, general info, yahoo email (getting to be another pain), you tube, band or musician sites (i'm a guitar player), ebay and online vids. but here's the deal; it seems that in my searching around that my machine may just be WRONG for linux. lack of compatibility!
here it is:
dell optiplex gx150
1 gig - 40 gb hdd - 384 ram
presently with win2k sp4
ati 16mb rage 128 ultra
soundblaster live 24 bit
hl gce8483b cd-rw
cable isp
dell 17" crt
i prefer speed over storage. i don't do spreadsheets or super involved documents.
a little help please!
- 06-30-2007 #2Super Moderator
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Hi and Welcome !
SimplyMepis is a bit heavy but it will work fine on those specs. Xubuntu is lighter than both, Ubuntu and SimplyMepis but it doesn't have codecs pre-installed as in SimplyMepis.
Try SimplyMepis first.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 06-30-2007 #3Just Joined!
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thanks--i was down to simplymepis or xubuntu due to it being lighter and possibly faster. i'll go with that.
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