best OS for slow pc ?

2009-05-26 17:38:41

#1

twoblacklines: all grown up now (its boring); +49|6470

running a laptop with celeron 400 and 128mb of ram...8 of that being shared for gfx.

wanting to run browser that will work with every site as currently only firefox 1 works, and facebook doesnt and autotrader and pistonheads are very slow!!!!!

I looked at xubuntu but even thats not ideal for the amount of ram i have. currently on 98se.

can anyone suggest be something faster please ? need a gui / windows clone as i cba with cli, only 2 days till a new power lead comes for the other lappy which has celeron 2.8ghz and 512mb of ram lol!

2009-05-26 17:41:06

#2

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

'95?

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-05-26 17:41:17

#3

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6726|cuntshitlake

Xubuntu is the lightest I know.

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2009-05-26 17:44:08

#4

{M5}Sniper3: Typical white person.; +389|7023|San Antonio, Texas

DOS tbh.

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2009-05-26 21:17:16

#5

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

Puppy Linux.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-26 21:18:49

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6785|...

knoppix perhaps

2009-05-26 21:20:35

#7

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7034|PNW

twoblacklines wrote:
running a laptop with celeron 400 and 128mb of ram...8 of that being shared for gfx.

wanting to run browser that will work with every site as currently only firefox 1 works, and facebook doesnt and autotrader and pistonheads are very slow!!!!!

I looked at xubuntu but even thats not ideal for the amount of ram i have. currently on 98se.

can anyone suggest be something faster please ? need a gui / windows clone as i cba with cli, only 2 days till a new power lead comes for the other lappy which has celeron 2.8ghz and 512mb of ram lol!

You've got to be kidding me. By the time you're done dicking around with a new OS, your other laptop will be up and running. Stick with 98SE.

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:
DOS tbh.

Windows 98SE is fine, but for shits and giggles MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 could be combined.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2009-05-26 21:22:06)

2009-05-26 21:23:59

#8

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6785|...

You can actually run windows 2000 on that

2009-05-26 21:32:32

#9

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6416|what

Any variant of Ubuntu.

2009-05-27 06:04:52

#10

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6716|The Twilight Zone

you could also run a lighter version of XP if you want Windows

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2009-05-27 06:07:36

#11

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6860|Seattle

I'd stick with a fresh install of Windows 98.

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2009-05-27 06:08:30

#12

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6726|cuntshitlake

jsnipy wrote:
You can actually run windows 2000 on that

2k is slower than XP tbh.

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2009-05-27 06:27:35

#13

xxCaptainBlackxx: ♥♦♣♠♥♦♣; +47|6907|internet

s60 v3 )))
jk

win 98 should run just fine...i found win 2000 slower than 98 (long time ago on p3 1ghz and 128Mb ram)
loading flash web pages will make your pc hang...for a while...with that processor and ram.
I dont suggest trying win 2000...its slow and it has 4 service packs :S

2009-05-29 13:30:22

#14

signa: ~~~~~; +50|6991|Michigan, USA

twoblacklines wrote:
running a laptop with celeron 400 and 128mb of ram...8 of that being shared for gfx.

I installed xubuntu on a laptop with the same specs. worked fine.

have u checked into DSL?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux

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