[Novalug] Distros for old PCs?

Roger W. Broseus rogerb@bronord.com
Wed May 15 15:43:57 EDT 2013


I've had luck on older PCs, including laptops, with DSL - Damn (Darn) Small Linux.

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Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
     Email: RogerB@bronord.com
     Web Site: www.bronord.com

On 05/15/2013 11:56 AM, novalug-request@calypso.tux.org wrote:
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>   	Two of my four PCs behind a KVM switch are getting
> creaky, and can't seem to handle Fedora any more. (The oldest can
> boot from a CD, but needs an external USB drive, which I have, to
> even read a DVD.) But I have jobs I could give them, and let them
> take their time, yet still unburden the other two a bit -- such
> as keeping a dozen or two weather maps, and updating them once a
> day; or keeping all of my Garmin squirreling maps.
>
>   	I did manage to get Wary Puppy onto the oldest, and
> "minimal" CentOS 6.4 onto the other. But Puppy alas! still
> doesn't cotton to me much, and the other seems so minimal it's
> probably meant to be headless -- and I'm GUI-ly dependent.
>
>   	Would I be able to add a GUI back into the minimal
> CentOS, or put something like SimplyMEPIS or LinuxMint onto an
> old machine? Or am I just asking for trouble? Should I donate
> them somewhere?? (Remember I'm in Blacksburg, four or five hours'
> drive from most of you.)

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