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will ubuntu 11.04 run on a low end computer?

Asked by yakub

i have an old compaq presario that has about 248 mb ram. I was thinking about upgrading to win 7 but sadly i need 1gb of ram. The thing is that windows xp on it is terrible and slow! takes about 5 minutes just to load Firefox! so is Ubuntu a good alt, or will i have to stick with old slow win XP?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Yes, install Lubuntu Natty and it will suit your low end system.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#2

You will probably want to Gnome the default desktop as Unity will be very slow on a PC with that little memory. But that's easy just select "Ubuntu Classic' from the log on menu. Otherwise should be fine.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Unity uses Gnome as it's deksktop, Unity is only a shell which run INSIDE Gnome. Gnome on 248Mb RAM will crawl at a snails pace, LXDE which is the default DE in Lubuntu is a much better choice for the hardware

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements

States 512Mb is the MINIMUM to run Gnome well, whereas if you scroll downit states that Lubuntu will run on 256Mb RAM...

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

You could have a look at Slitaz, but Lubuntu and Xubuntu should work.

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