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System for a P III
What the best system Linux or other for a P 3 1Ghz 256 ram 20 Gb HD ..Just to surf and maybe flash
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Windows 2000 with an antivirus that supports it. Avira for example.
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I usually just use Ubuntu on older machines where Windows is slow or I don't want to waste a license. It is very easy to use and has a software/app center as well.
For Windows, Windows 2000 or below run great. XP isn't always great due to the amount of RAM needed. |
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I don't think Ubuntu would like that system much. Needs at least 512MB RAM and a fairly recent GPU.
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thats not entirely true,ubuntu's minimum requirements state only 64mb of ram with 512mb being recommended.
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No Ubuntu. I'm not even sure the GUI will launch on a too old GPU.
My vote goes for Xubuntu or Gentoo. EDIT: Quote:
1 GHz CPU (x86 processor (Pentium 4 or better)) 1 GiB RAM (system memory) 15 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see LiveCD for an alternative approach) 800 by 600 screen resolution
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What video card? If just on board then you will indeed struggle with smooth Flash vids with that CPU.
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All of them exceed 256MB anyway. If you have a source that say otherwise I'll retract my statement.
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I set up a PIII running on Win98 2 years ago. The only pain is to set up the drivers for USB because Win98 doesn't recognize USB dongles at all, natively.
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Win 98se does support usb nativley. As it supported my keyboard and mouse during the install.
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Mine didn't. Probably the version wasn't SE. I'd need to check because it's been some time since I powered up that pc.
But anyway I think Win98 would be ideal for the OP's uses. |
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Yeah, win98se would work nice and fast on that. A friend found an old laptop with a p1 and 64mbs ram.. even puppy linux wouldn't run on it, not enough ram. So I slapped on win98se and works great. And yes, you need to install nusb33e.exe in order for it to see modern flash drives ect. Also if you apply the latest kernelx-4.5.2, you will be able to run the latest version of firefox and flash as well. To get it up to date, just install sesp30-b4 (unofficial sp3 for se) http://www.htasoft.com/w98se_post_usp4.php found at the first link at top of page. Have fun!
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Thanks guys. This is going to be a painfully slow process (pun intended)
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ahh it won't be that bad. I just setup a win98 box. Kinda cool to get back into it again.
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Xbmc?
EDIT:: im a retard. why not try DSL or elive? I love elive I can get you a copy if you want me and the creator are good pals. its beautiful and runs great on old stuff.
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damn small linux
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windows xp
windows xp, it will run fine i have a p3 500mhz(oc to 655mhz) 384mb ram 40gb hdd voodoo 32/64mb (dunno wich one, it was expensive though xd), and runs just fine
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intel + nvidia the best amd
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Agreed with Win 98SE
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