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From: Anthony Edwards
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:40:35 -0000
Organization: Customer of Nildram Ltd
Message-ID: <12up023g05labf9@news-ams.supernews.com>
References:
Reply-To: anthony@catfish.nildram.co.uk
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:56:00 -0700, ray wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:47:25 +0000, Chris wrote:
>
>> I was given an old computer and have built it into our settee, with a
>> fifteen-inch TFT monitor on a swinging arm - so that you can sit on the
>> settee and swing the monitor in front of you.
>> (I realise this is madness - but it is rather fun!)
>>
>> It runs XP very well - but I'm wondering whether it would take Ubuntu.
>>
>> Pentium II 400MHz 20GB HDD 384 RAM
>> Wireless usb dongle Netgear WPN111
>
> It would "take Ubuntu". It would not run it in a manner you would
> appreciate.
I disagree. I have Ubuntu 6.06.1 running perfectly well, including the
default Gnome desktop, on the following hardware:
ttf-tamil-fonts
libgnome2-vfs-perl ttf-telugu-fonts
libgnomebt0 ttf-thai-tlwg
libgnomecanvas2-0 ubuntu-artwork
libgnomecanvas2-common ubuntu-base
libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-1c2a ubuntu-desktop
libgnomecups1.0-1 ubuntu-docs
libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a ubuntu-keyring
libgnome-desktop-2 ubuntu-minimal
libgnome-keyring0 ubuntu-sounds
libgnome-mag2 ubuntu-standard
libgnome-menu2 ucf
libgnomemm-2.6-1c2a udev
libgnome-pilot2 unattended-upgrades
libgnomeprint2.2-0 unixodbc
libgnomeprint2.2-data unzip
libgnomeprintui2.2-0 update-manager
libgnomeprintui2.2-common update-notifier
libgnome-speech3 usbutils
libgnomeui-0 usplash
libgnomeui-common util-linux
libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a vbetool
libgnomevfs2-0 videolan-doc
libgnomevfs2-bin viewres
libgnomevfs2-common vim
libgnomevfs2-extra vim-common
libgnome-vfsmm-2.6-1c2a vim-runtime
libgnucrypto-java vino
libgnutls12 vlc
libgpg-error0 vlc-plugin-alsa
libgphoto2-2 vnc-common
libgphoto2-port0 w32codecs
libgpmg1 w3m
libgpod0 wamerican
libgsf-1-113 wbritish
libgsf-1-common wget
libgsm1 whiptail
libgstreamer0.10-0 whois
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 wireless-tools
libgtk2.0-0 workrave
libgtk2.0-bin wpasupplicant
libgtk2.0-common wvdial
libgtk2-perl wxvlc
libgtkhtml2-0 x11-common
libgtkhtml3.8-15 x11perf
libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a xauth
libgtksourceview1.0-0 xbase-clients
libgtksourceview-common xbiff
libgtkspell0 xcalc
libgtop2-7 xclipboard
libgucharmap4 xclock
libguile-ltdl-1 xconsole
libgutenprint2 xcursorgen
libgutenprintui2-1 xcursor-themes
libhal1 xditview
libhal-storage1 xdpyinfo
libhfsp0 xdriinfo
libhsqldb-java xev
libice6 xeyes
libicu34 xf86dga
libid3-3.8.3c2a xfd
libid3tag0 xfonts-100dpi
libidl0 xfonts-75dpi
libidn11 xfonts-base
libieee1284-3 xfontsel
libijs-0.35 xfonts-scalable
libisc11 xfonts-utils
libisccc0 xfsprogs
libisccfg1 xgamma
libiso9660-4 xgc
libiw28 xhost
libjasper-1.701-1 xine-ui
libjaxp1.2-java xinit
libjessie-java xitk
libjline-java xkbutils
libjpeg62 xkeyboard-config
libklibc xkill
libkpathsea4 xload
libkrb53 xlogo
liblaunchpad-integration0 xlsatoms
liblcms1 xlsclients
libldap2 xlsfonts
liblircclient0 xmag
liblocale-gettext-perl xman
liblpint-bonobo0 xmessage
libltdl3 xml-core
liblwres9 xmodmap
liblzo1 xmore
libmad0 xpdf
libmagic1 xpdf-common
libmagick9 xpdf-reader
libmdbtools xpdf-utils
libmetacity0 xpmutils
libmng1 xprop
libmodplug0c2 xrandr
libmotif3 xrdb
libmpcdec3 xrefresh
libmpeg2-4 xresprobe
libmusicbrainz4c2a xrgb
libmysqlclient15off xsane
libnautilus-burn3 xsane-common
libnautilus-extension1 xscreensaver-data
libncurses5 xscreensaver-gl
libncursesw5 xserver-xorg
libneon25 xserver-xorg-core
libnet1 xserver-xorg-driver-all
libnetcdf3 xserver-xorg-driver-apm
libnewt0.51 xserver-xorg-driver-ark
libnl1-pre6 xserver-xorg-driver-ati
libnm-util0 xserver-xorg-driver-chips
libnotify1 xserver-xorg-driver-cirrus
libnspr4 xserver-xorg-driver-cyrix
libnss3 xserver-xorg-driver-dummy
libogg0 xserver-xorg-driver-fbdev
liboil0.3 xserver-xorg-driver-glint
libopal-2.2.0 xserver-xorg-driver-i128
libopencdk8 xserver-xorg-driver-i740
libopenobex-1.0-0 xserver-xorg-driver-i810
liborbit2 xserver-xorg-driver-imstt
libpam0g xserver-xorg-driver-mga
libpam-foreground xserver-xorg-driver-neomagic
libpam-modules xserver-xorg-driver-newport
libpam-runtime xserver-xorg-driver-nsc
libpanel-applet2-0 xserver-xorg-driver-nv
libpango1.0-0 xserver-xorg-driver-rendition
libpango1.0-common xserver-xorg-driver-s3
libpaper1 xserver-xorg-driver-s3virge
libparted1.6-13 xserver-xorg-driver-savage
libpcap0.7 xserver-xorg-driver-siliconmotion
libpcap0.8 xserver-xorg-driver-sis
libpcre3 xserver-xorg-driver-sisusb
libperl5.8 xserver-xorg-driver-tdfx
libpisock8 xserver-xorg-driver-tga
libpisync0 xserver-xorg-driver-trident
libpng12-0 xserver-xorg-driver-tseng
libpoppler1 xserver-xorg-driver-v4l
libpoppler1-glib xserver-xorg-driver-vesa
libpopt0 xserver-xorg-driver-vga
libportaudio0 xserver-xorg-driver-via
libpq4 xserver-xorg-driver-vmware
libpt-1.10.0 xserver-xorg-driver-voodoo
libpt-plugins-alsa xserver-xorg-input-all
libpt-plugins-v4l xserver-xorg-input-elographics
libpt-plugins-v4l2 xserver-xorg-input-evdev
libqthreads-12 xserver-xorg-input-kbd
libraptor1 xserver-xorg-input-mouse
librasqal0 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
libraw1394-5 xserver-xorg-input-wacom
librdf0 xset
libreadline5 xsetmode
librecode0 xsetpointer
librsvg2-2 xsetroot
librsvg2-common xsltproc
libsane xsm
libsasl2 xstdcmap
libsasl2-modules xterm
libscim8c2a xtrap
libscrollkeeper0 x-ttcidfont-conf
libsdl1.2debian xutils
libsdl1.2debian-alsa xvidtune
libselinux1 xvinfo
libsepol1 xvncviewer
libservlet2.3-java xwd
libsexy2 x-window-system-core
libshout3 xwininfo
libsigc++-2.0-0c2a xwud
libslang2 yelp
libslp1 zenity
libsm6 zip
libsmbclient zlib1g
anthony@daptop:/usr/share/doc$ cd workrave/
anthony@daptop:/usr/share/doc/workrave$ ls
changelog.Debian.gz changelog.gz copyright NEWS.gz README
README.Debian
anthony@daptop:/usr/share/doc/workrave$ less README
anthony@daptop:/usr/share/doc/workrave$ cd
anthony@daptop:~$ which workrave
/usr/bin/workrave
anthony@daptop:~$ catfishssh
anthony@catfish's password:
Linux catfish 2.6.15-28-386 #1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 1 15:51:56 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
Last login: Mon Mar 5 18:23:28 2007
anthony@catfish:~$ cd .mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default/
anthony@catfish:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ ls
bookmarkbackups compreg.dat formhistory.dat search.rdf
bookmarks.bak cookies.txt history.dat secmod.db
bookmarks.html defaults.ini hostperm.1 signons2.txt
Cache downloads.rdf install.log xpti.dat
cert8.db extensions key3.db XUL.mfasl
chrome extensions.cache localstore.rdf
compatibility.ini extensions.ini mimeTypes.rdf
components.ini extensions.rdf prefs.js
anthony@catfish:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ scp bookmarks.html
anthony@yoyo.org:.
anthony@yoyo.org's password:
bookmarks.html 100% 658KB 36.6KB/s
00:18
anthony@catfish:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ exit
logout
Connection to catfish closed.
anthony@daptop:~$ cd .mozilla/firefox/
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox$ ls
hoomtjrv.default pluginreg.dat profiles.ini
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox$ cd hoomtjrv.default/
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ ls
bookmarkbackups components.ini extensions.ini mimeTypes.rdf
bookmarks.bak compreg.dat extensions.rdf prefs.js
bookmarks.html cookies.txt formhistory.dat search.rdf
Cache defaults.ini history.dat secmod.db
cert8.db downloads.rdf hostperm.1 signons2.txt
chrome extensions key3.db xpti.dat
compatibility.ini extensions.cache localstore.rdf XUL.mfasl
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ rm bookmarks.html
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ scp
anthony@yoyo.org:bookmarks.html .
The authenticity of host 'yoyo.org (193.110.91.2)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 18:aa:d1:89:29:45:6d:39:02:16:a7:42:4c:ee:c8:c3.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'yoyo.org' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
anthony@yoyo.org's password:
bookmarks.html 100% 658KB 54.9KB/s
00:12
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ ls -ltr
total 2568
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 752 2005-06-05 15:08 search.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 24 2005-09-30 10:53 defaults.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 24 2005-09-30 10:53 components.ini
drwxr-xr-x 2 anthony anthony 4096 2006-02-24 15:38 extensions
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 16384 2006-02-24 15:38 secmod.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 anthony anthony 4096 2006-02-24 16:35 chrome
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 136 2006-04-16 14:16 hostperm.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 16246 2006-08-14 12:31 mimeTypes.rdf
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 13028 2007-03-02 23:49 signons2.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 325 2007-03-03 14:42 downloads.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 126 2007-03-05 19:00 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 91657 2007-03-05 19:00 xpti.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 2008 2007-03-05 19:00 extensions.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 184 2007-03-05 19:00 extensions.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 204 2007-03-05 19:00 extensions.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 122298 2007-03-05 19:00 compreg.dat
drwx------ 2 anthony anthony 4096 2007-03-05 19:00 bookmarkbackups
drwxr-xr-x 2 anthony anthony 4096 2007-03-05 19:13 Cache
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 12539 2007-03-05 19:13 cookies.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 738302 2007-03-05 19:17 XUL.mfasl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 anthony anthony 35514 2007-03-05 19:17 prefs.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 29524 2007-03-05 19:17 localstore.rdf
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 16384 2007-03-05 19:17 key3.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 129590 2007-03-05 19:17 history.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 5517 2007-03-05 19:17 formhistory.dat
-rw------- 1 anthony anthony 65536 2007-03-05 19:17 cert8.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 556740 2007-03-05 19:17 bookmarks.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 674185 2007-03-05 19:19 bookmarks.html
anthony@daptop:~/.mozilla/firefox/hoomtjrv.default$ cd
anthony@daptop:~$ catfishssh
anthony@catfish's password:
Linux catfish 2.6.15-28-386 #1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 1 15:51:56 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
Last login: Mon Mar 5 19:15:02 2007 from 192.168.0.11
anthony@catfish:~$ w
19:20:45 up 59 min, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.14
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
anthony :0 - 18:23 ?xdm? 18.55s 0.34s
x-session-manag
anthony pts/0 :0.0 18:28 50:27m 0.12s 0.12s bash
anthony pts/1 :0.0 18:30 45:12m 0.13s 0.13s bash
anthony pts/2 192.168.0.11 19:20 1.00s 0.12s 0.00s w
anthony pts/3 :0.0 19:15 5:08m 0.11s 0.11s bash
anthony@catfish:~$ paraslrn
slrn 0.9.8.1pl1 [2005-02-17]
Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc.
Reading startup file .paraslrnrc.
Using newsrc file /home/anthony/.jnewsrc-para for server
news.buzzing-bumblebee.com.
Connecting to host news.buzzing-bumblebee.com ...
Connected to host. Posting ok.
Checking for new groups ...
Checking news via active file ...
anthony@catfish:~$ mutt
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
From: Anthony Edwards
Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?
References:
Organization: Customer of Nildram Ltd
Reply-To: anthony@catfish.nildram.co.uk
Followup-To:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:56:00 -0700, ray wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:47:25 +0000, Chris wrote:
>
>> I was given an old computer and have built it into our settee, with a
>> fifteen-inch TFT monitor on a swinging arm - so that you can sit on
>> the
>> settee and swing the monitor in front of you.
>> (I realise this is madness - but it is rather fun!)
>>
>> It runs XP very well - but I'm wondering whether it would take
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> Pentium II 400MHz 20GB HDD 384 RAM
>> Wireless usb dongle Netgear WPN111
>
> It would "take Ubuntu". It would not run it in a manner you would
> appreciate.
I disagree. I have Ubuntu 6.06.1 running perfectly well, including the
default GNOME desktop, on the following hardware:
http://www.yoyo.org/~anthony/ultra_hardware.html
--
Anthony Edwards
anthony@catfish.nildram.co.uk
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