Minimum Requirements for "kid's" machine

[Christian Hansel]

Hi,

I'ld like to build a maller pc running ubuntu for my son from spare parts.
Mainly for the kid's games and writing. What's the minimal requirements for
linux ubuntu?

I have PII 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, an older 8MB graphics and an old
soundblaster rcard and a 10Gig HD

will that suffice?

[Wayne]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:19:30 +0100, Christian Hansel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'ld like to build a maller pc running ubuntu for my son from spare parts.
> Mainly for the kid's games and writing. What's the minimal requirements
> for linux ubuntu?
>
> I have PII 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, an older 8MB graphics and an old
> soundblaster rcard and a 10Gig HD
>
> will that suffice?

It will work but it's going to be slow, especially when running Gnome
or KDE. I've run Linux on a 400Mhz machine with 128Mb RAM and 6Gb disk.
If you can find another 128Mb stick of RAM you'll be happier. Don't
try to use OpenOffice with 128Mb but use something Like AbiWord.

Hope this helps

Wayne
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Christian Hansel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'ld like to build a maller pc running ubuntu for my son from spare parts.
> Mainly for the kid's games and writing. What's the minimal requirements for
> linux ubuntu?
>
> I have PII 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, an older 8MB graphics and an old
> soundblaster rcard and a 10Gig HD
>
> will that suffice?
>

Yes, ubuntu will install. Though, what kinds of games?
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[Al]

In article <dvm6ka$1kv3$1@news3.infoave.net>,
Christian Hansel <Chris@addresse.notvalid> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'ld like to build a maller pc running ubuntu for my son from spare parts.
> Mainly for the kid's games and writing. What's the minimal requirements for
> linux ubuntu?
>
> I have PII 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, an older 8MB graphics and an old
> soundblaster rcard and a 10Gig HD
>
> will that suffice?
>

I did it and it works fine except it can be sluggish at times. Games
that require quick reactions won't work that well. Chess will work just
fine.

I would install more RAM, the more the better.

Al

[Mark South]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:19:30 +0100, Christian Hansel wrote:

> I'ld like to build a maller pc running ubuntu for my son from spare parts.
> Mainly for the kid's games and writing. What's the minimal requirements for
> linux ubuntu?

Ubuntu is built around Gnome, so it's on the heavyweight end of Linux
distros. I've run it on a P3 600MHz with 256Mb of RAM and it works
smoothly but requires some patience.

> I have PII 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, an older 8MB graphics and an old
> soundblaster rcard and a 10Gig HD
>
> will that suffice?

On that config you will have happier results running something like Vector
Linux 5.1 with IceWM or Fluxbox, for which your hardware is more than
adequate, or even Damn Small Linux, which will fly on that setup.

Not all distros are equal when it comes to hardware requirements.
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Mark South wrote:

>
> On that config you will have happier results running something like Vector
> Linux 5.1 with IceWM or Fluxbox, for which your hardware is more than
> adequate, or even Damn Small Linux, which will fly on that setup.
>
> Not all distros are equal when it comes to hardware requirements.

Yeah, and DSL is hard to break.
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[Mark South]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:26:55 +0000, cloakable wrote:

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> Mark South wrote:
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>>
>> On that config you will have happier results running something like Vector
>> Linux 5.1 with IceWM or Fluxbox, for which your hardware is more than
>> adequate, or even Damn Small Linux, which will fly on that setup.
>>
>> Not all distros are equal when it comes to hardware requirements.

>
> Yeah, and DSL is hard to break.

Can't say I've ever tried to break it, but since you could just run it off
a CD which you leave in the drawer, it's pretty robust. Also, a
total re-install takes about 10 minutes.
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