Will my old rig be ok for Xubuntu?

MohawkAngel · Jan 14, 2011

Intel Celeron (256k:cache) (100mhz:FSB) 1.2 gig

640megs PC133 with shared onboard video of 8-16-32-64 megs

Onboard sound and lan

20.1 gigs Caviar IDE-100

Matshita CD-RW from an Apple PowerMac G4

Samsung floppy 1.44 meg

Tried Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 and I experienced too much lag. CPU always at 100% and memory 40%.
Heard Xubuntu is for old rigs.

Thank you guys for a quick answer because I am on it right now and it sucks. Would install Xubuntu before tonight if its ok.

Frick · Jan 14, 2011

Lord yes. It'll run very well at that. I used xubuntu daily for some time at a much slower rig (Celeron 600Mhz and 256MB RAM).

MohawkAngel · Jan 14, 2011

What is the maximum onboard video shared memory I could go with the 640 megs and is there any way to install Windows XP games on it like some old Half life and stuff like that ?

Frick · Jan 14, 2011

I would go for as low as possible. No need for a lot on a simple desktop environment.

And for running windows things there is Wine. It's pretty easy to work with. Not all things work from start though, you might have to tinker quite a bit before it works.

Bo$$ · Jan 14, 2011

32 is the max, it will eat up too much mem otherwise

xBruce88x · Jan 15, 2011

what onboard video is it? and tbh... for windows games i'd probably just dual boot with win2000 or 98se, although you'd be fine with xp.

btw an older game you should try out on it would be Descent 3, half life is a good choice too!

edit, is this the spare parts comp you posted about a while back?

MohawkAngel · Jan 15, 2011

@ Bruce
Yes it was. Its rolling fine now and going on the web but with a 100% cpu useage always.
Onboard SIS Video

silkstone · Jan 15, 2011

MohawkAngel said:
@ Bruce
Yes it was. Its rolling fine now and going on the web but with a 100% cpu useage always.
Onboard SIS Video

Check your active processes to see which are eating all the cpu time.
You shouldn't be at 100% cpu when just browsing the web or whatnot.

MohawkAngel · Jan 15, 2011

Ill look for it another time i erased win xp pro and installed xubuntu now

MohawkAngel · Jan 15, 2011

Works fine

Testing it now and love the features its fully loaded and even xirc in it

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown
VR HMD	Acer Mixed Reality Headset
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

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Processor	Intel i7 2700k @ 4.6GHZ \| AMD 5350 @ 2500MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P7Z77-V Pro \| Asus AM1I-A
Cooling	Corsair H60v2 \| Stock Air
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 2x8GB CL8 1600MHZ \| Corsair Vengence 2x4GB CL9 1600MHZ
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB \| PNY GTX 750Ti
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 250GB + 4TB WD Red \| 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
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Case	Fractal Design R5 \| CM Elite 110
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Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850 G2\| Corsair CX430M
Mouse	Razer Imperator 2012
Keyboard	Corsair K90
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Cooling	Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
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Video Card(s)	RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage	240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s)	Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case	Gateway / Valve LE
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Power Supply	380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
Mouse	Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex 100 / virtual
VR HMD	Lmao
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Memory	16Gb Hynix @3200 MHz / 16Gb Hynix @3000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Zotac 3080 / Colorful 1060
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Audio Device(s)	On Board Realtek
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Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / K400+
Keyboard	Wooting Two / K400+
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