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Linux for older computers

Asked by jdl-tech

Q1. I have an older HP Pavillion we use for our children. They deleted files, defragged, deleted some more, etc, makig it unusable. I refomatted the hard drive, put XP on it but it won't work. Rather than spending money and time on fixing it I thought to try Linux. This would be my first...
The BIOS lists a 'Celeron Processor 766Mhz/60Mhz'; 128MB ram; Win 95, 98, 2000 and "Other".
Would Ubuntu work on this computer or should I use another?

Q2. I also have a 486 based PC, 50 Mhz uprocessor, 4MB ram running Win3.1. What could I use for it, that would make it usable in today's world?

Q3. In the 70's mainframes had the brains, users merely had a keybord and screen. Is there a way I can network these older units, maybe even the 486?

I would appreciate finding out what can be done.

Sincerely,

Jack.

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#1

Hello you can try xubuntu

Take a look the requirements
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements#Lightweight%20alternative%20(Xubuntu)

For 486 based PC, look at

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements#Absolute%20minimum%20installation

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#2

For xubuntu download http://www.xubuntu.org/get

Sorry I can't answer the Q3

Good Luck ^-^

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Q1: adding some cheaper ram to the 128 Mb i'm sure you can use XUbuntu http://www.xubuntu.org/get

Q2 and Q3: http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/

http://www.puppylinux.org/

for Q3 i think http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Then Google is your friend please search 'linux mini distribution'

Hope this helps

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Also for Q3
There are also bsd like sys op i use OpenBsd on a 486 as Gateway / Firewall for all my lan... with obviously only terminal access and some more ram and disk http://www.openbsd.org/
- i never tried on a old 486 the http://www.freebsd.org/

These are very good sysop.

Hope this helps

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