Should I put ubuntu on this laptop?

Question

It currently has xp sp2. 256mb ram, intel pentium 3 1ghz processor, 10gb hdd. It's an old gateway solo 5300. I have an extra 2gb USB flash drive to use as a swap drive if that hepls. Would itbenefit me to put ubuntu on it over xp? Cause right now xp is super sluggish...

Answer 1

Do it, there is nothing to lose.



If it runs slow I would try xubuntu.

Answer 2

Requirement is for Ubuntu is



Bare Minimum requirements

It should be possible to get Ubuntu running on a system with the following minimum hardware specification, although it is unlikely that the system would run well. You should use the Alternate install CD to attempt such an installation.



300 MHz x86 processor

64 MB of system memory (RAM)

At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space)

VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution

CD-ROM drive or network card



Recommended minimum requirements

Ubuntu should run reasonably well on a computer with the following minimum hardware specification. However, features such as visual effects may not run smoothly.



700 MHz x86 processor

384 MB of system memory (RAM)

8 GB of disk space

Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution

Sound card

A network or Internet connection

Answer 3

If you want it to be fast, I recommend Xubuntu. It's Ubuntu for slower PC's.

http://www.xubuntu.org/



From the web site:

Minimum system requirements

You need 128 MB RAM to run the Live CD or 192 MB RAM to install. The Alternate Install CD only requires you to have 64 MB RAM at install time. To install Xubuntu, you need 1.5 GB of free space on your hard disk. Once installed, Xubuntu can run with 192 MB RAM, but it is strongly recommended to have at least 256 MB RAM.

Answer 4

I'd agree with the Xubuntu recommendations.



Your swap partition should be about 512 MB, and it should be on the hard drive itself, not on a separate USB drive.

Answer 5

ubuntu is more for only using the internet and other very simple tasks if you have enough money buy a new laptop get a new one, if you don't try to make some memory upgrades maybe get a better hard drive and stuff like that so keep xp it is far more better then ubuntu.



Hopes this works for you!

Answer 6

I think you are pushing the limits to try and put both on it - wipe the xp and use (X)Ubuntu -it'll be MUCH faster.

Answer 7

well you put extra stuff on your p.c. and it will run slow.