Generally Slackware, Arch Linux (if its i686), or Debian will run well
if you use a conservative window manager (icewm, blackbox, fluxbox,
enlightenment etc.). Another way to save some processing is by
rebuilding the kernel and tailoring it to your needs, basically taking
out things that you'd probably or never will use.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David J. Ring, Jr.</b> <<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net">n1ea@arrl.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Unfortunately with the distributions I've tried, I find they run much slower<br>on older machines - much slower than Windows XP - which surprises me. I
<br>have one machine that is a Pentium 3 at about 550 MHz with 64 MB RAM and it<br>is slower than a slothful man at work time. Ringht now I'm running on<br>Mandriva Linux 2006 and it just creeps when doing anything.<br><br>
Anyone have a recommendation for a linux distro that runs quickly on old<br>machines?<br><br>Best Wishes,<br><br>David Ring<br>Green Harbor, MA<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Shane Rice" <<a href="mailto:shane@rices2peru.com">
shane@rices2peru.com</a>><br>To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <<a href="mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org">sword-devel@crosswire.org</a>><br>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:09 PM<br>Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Ubuntu
<br><br><br>Barry,<br><br> I have been dabbling with Ubuntu also, and it is a super easy system<br>to use. I'm a native Windows user, but now I dual boot with Ubuntu. A<br>very very nice distribution!<br><br>Shane<br>
<br>Barry Drake wrote:<br>> Hi there ........<br>><br>> Sorry if I'm slightly off-topic here. Over Easter, I decided to<br>> update my six-year old Linux so I could test a recent BibleTime with<br>> NET. I was amazed at how easy it was to install Debian compared with
<br>> a few years ago. I wrote to the Debian folk to congratulate them, and<br>> one of them wrote off list to say if I thought Debian was easy, I<br>> ought to try Ubuntu. I did. I'm even more amazed! Much, much easier
<br>> than installing Windows on a PC. And Ubuntu let me install binary<br>> packages of both BibleTime and GnomeSword .... just fantastic!<br>><br>> So - if any PC user out there is thinking of going for Linux now's the
<br>> time. Ubuntu is Gnome-based. If you lean towards KDE, there's it's<br>> cousin Kubuntu. Both are derived from Debian, but are designed to<br>> make the process of moving over easy for the pc user.<br>>
<br>> God bless,<br>><br>> Barry<br>><br>> -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) minister of the Netherfield United<br>> Reformed church, Nottingham see <a href="http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk">http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk
</a><br>> for our church homepages).<br>><br>> Replies - <a href="mailto:b.drake@ntlworld.com">b.drake@ntlworld.com</a><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> sword-devel mailing list:
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