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Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it?

From Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it?
Date 2013-07-01 11:22 +0300
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On 2013-07-01, ddwr@hotmail.com <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Can someone point me to a good link to direct download what ever they
> suggest I try out on one or both the computers.  Thanks in advance!

Debian Wheezy works on both. Gnome 3 is probably too heavy even for the
P4 but XFCE or LXDE should work fine with 1GB memory. P3 is best used
only in text mode or if graphical environment is a must then use just a
window manager, for example Fluxbox.

Live images

http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/stable+nonfree/i386/iso-hybrid/
debian-live-7.0.0-i386-lxde-desktop+nonfree.iso

http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/stable+nonfree/i386/iso-hybrid/
debian-live-7.0.0-i386-xfce-desktop+nonfree.iso

Network install image

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.1.0/i386/iso-cd/
debian-7.1.0-i386-netinst.iso

Sorry for linewrap

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Antti Talsta

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Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-06-30 20:27 -0700
  Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 11:22 +0300
    Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-07-02 08:03 -0700
      Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-07-02 09:23 -0700
        Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-07-02 13:10 -0400
      Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 20:10 +0300
        Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-04 08:57 -0700
  Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-07-01 12:23 +0200
    Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2013-07-01 13:46 -0700
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  Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> - 2013-07-02 00:49 +0200
  Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-07-02 01:19 +0000
    Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-07-02 12:05 +0200
      Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-07-02 10:44 +0000
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          Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-07-02 10:59 -0400
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      Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-07-02 10:48 -0400
  Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-04 08:57 -0700
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