[sword-devel] Ubuntu

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Unfortunately with the distributions I've tried, I find they run much slower 
on older machines - much slower than Windows XP - which surprises me.  I 
have one machine that is a Pentium 3 at about 550 MHz with 64 MB RAM and it 
is slower than a slothful man at work time.  Ringht now I'm running on 
Mandriva Linux 2006 and it just creeps when doing anything.

Anyone have a recommendation for a linux distro that runs quickly on old 
machines?

Best Wishes,

David Ring
Green Harbor, MA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Rice" <shane at rices2peru.com>
To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Ubuntu


Barry,

    I have been dabbling with Ubuntu also, and it is a super easy system
to use.  I'm a native Windows user, but now I dual boot with Ubuntu.  A
very very nice distribution!

Shane

Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ........
>
> Sorry if I'm slightly off-topic here.  Over Easter, I decided to
> update my six-year old Linux so I could test a recent BibleTime with
> NET.  I was amazed at how easy it was to install Debian compared with
> a few years ago.  I wrote to the Debian folk to congratulate them, and
> one of them wrote off list to say if I thought Debian was easy, I
> ought to try Ubuntu.  I did.  I'm even more amazed!  Much, much easier
> than installing Windows on a PC.  And Ubuntu let me install binary
> packages of both BibleTime and GnomeSword ....  just fantastic!
>
> So - if any PC user out there is thinking of going for Linux now's the
> time.  Ubuntu is Gnome-based.  If you lean towards KDE, there's it's
> cousin Kubuntu.  Both are derived from Debian, but are designed to
> make the process of moving over easy for the pc user.
>
> God bless,
>
> Barry
>
> -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) minister of the Netherfield United
> Reformed church, Nottingham see http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk
> for our church homepages).
>
> Replies - b.drake at ntlworld.com
>
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