I just installed Puppy Linux...

[SpreadsPlague]

how old is your computer? just wondering because those parts are ancient.

and about the win7 comments - don't bother, it wouldn't be able to run win7.

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[Coolio]

how old is your computer? just wondering because those parts are ancient.

and about the win7 comments - don't bother, it wouldn't be able to run win7.

1. I know, it's ancient. I actually got it in '08 for Christmas. :o
2. Yeah, I know. Of course.

[Jubel]

Win7 requirements (kake)

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

[tails]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=526#526 - Puppy 5.3.1 for Beginners

Don't think puppy linux was the best choice, But whatever floats your boat man.

You can install things through the console pretty easily.

[Freeze]

Would XP run do you guys think?

[Coolio]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=526#526 - Puppy 5.3.1 for Beginners

Don't think puppy linux was the best choice, But whatever floats your boat man.

You can install things through the console pretty easily.

Eh, I don't know what else I could run. If you guys have any suggestions, throw them at me. I'll give PL another go tonight.

Would XP run do you guys think?

it would, but it would crawl. Wouldn't even be usable.

and damn, my psp has internet browsers, games, irc clients, music players. i'll just use that instead of this lol

[KoopaScooper]

it would, but it would crawl. Wouldn't even be usable.

Wrong.
Windows XP is pretty much the home incarnation of Windows 2000 with an extra theme system and the welcome screen that was supposed to be with Neptune.
If XP ran smoothly for me on a Pentium II 400MHz with 64 MB of RAM, it will run on that computer.

[Coolio]

Wrong.
Windows XP is pretty much the home incarnation of Windows 2000 with an extra theme system and the welcome screen that was supposed to be with Neptune.
If XP ran for me on a Pentium II 400MHz with 64 MB of RAM, it will run on that computer.

What version? My XP disk is XP Pro. If it runs, I swear to god I will be in such a great mood.



"RECCOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS FOR WINDOWS XP PRO EDITION"
300 MHz CPU *
128 MB of RAM *
1.5 GB of available hard disk space *

woah woah woah

[KoopaScooper]

Either version. They're both the same requirements and usages, only difference is that XP Pro was meant for a professional user (hence all the extra Administrator controls.)

[Freeze]

coolio you totally owe me if it works

[Coolio]

coolio you totally owe me if it works

I owe you both if it works. :o
I'll install it now. Thanks! :D

[sorrel]

with 126mb Ram you could do.....
BASIC INTERNET BROWSING
YES!

[brickybob]

You can install apps through Quickpet (and I think there's an app repo thingy in there too)

Drivers can be installed through Quickpet too.

If you are having girl problems I fell bad for you son problems, you could try;
-LUbuntu (would be very slow, slower than Puppy.)
-Crux Linux (a decent choice, prepare for a complete 180 learning curve though)
-Damn Small Linux
-SliTaz (worth a try)
-Tiny Core Linux (Worthless without an internet connection.)
-Bodhi Linux

Also look here for some others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution

Signed,
President of Club Penguin. :P

[Lugnut]

with 126mb Ram you could do.....
BASIC INTERNET BROWSING
YES!

that's basically all he wants to do

and coolio, puppy runs its entire operating system in ram, so with lack of ram comes lack of a lot of things.

[Tyler66]

ME sucks and I don't know what NT4 is lol.

NT version of Windows 95. (Its a lot more stable than 95)