Linux for Laptop Recommendations
This is a discussion about Linux for Laptop Recommendations in the Everything Linux category; Alright i just got linux for my desktop and i want to put it on my laptop the thing is the specs are extremely low 166mhz intel mmx 16 bit creative soundcard 16 mb video card unsure manufacture 2 gig hard drive so it needs to take up little space and be very small as well as stable any recommendations and is it eve ...
Alright i just got linux for my desktop and i want to put it on my laptop the thing is the specs are extremely low
166mhz intel mmx
16 bit creative soundcard
16 mb video card unsure manufacture
2 gig hard drive
so it needs to take up little space and be very small as well as stable
any recommendations and is it even smart to put linux on a laptop.
thanks in advance for the help
166mhz intel mmx
16 bit creative soundcard
16 mb video card unsure manufacture
2 gig hard drive
so it needs to take up little space and be very small as well as stable
any recommendations and is it even smart to put linux on a laptop.
thanks in advance for the help
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Try Morphix. If the live cd works well on your laptop, it should also work when installed to hd.
OP
got it issue though it says you passed an undefined mode number
press return to see video modes space to skip
again im clueless as to the graphic card
the laptop is a micron transport xpe
when i load it the screen just stays black the cd rom is 4x though
press return to see video modes space to skip
again im clueless as to the graphic card
the laptop is a micron transport xpe
when i load it the screen just stays black the cd rom is 4x though
That would be a vid card issue for sure. Rats!! I'm not real up on vid cards for laptops but if you could find an Nvidia for it, it would probably work.
OP
are you suggesting i switch the inside with a nvidia the inside is like a rats nest it is not fun taking apart and i dont know what card it is
but i also have
featherlight
debian
Gibraltar Firewall
Red hat
Mandrake
Beernix
Morphix
and slackware
you think any of these would work on my laptop
i just love cable
and the vid card gave some options im just not fast enough to write it down because then it goes straight into the linux kernel which, and then it is done i dont think i can use a live cd judging by both the processor and cd speed
i tried featherlight and left it on for three hours still hasnt boot
but i also have
featherlight
debian
Gibraltar Firewall
Red hat
Mandrake
Beernix
Morphix
and slackware
you think any of these would work on my laptop
i just love cable
and the vid card gave some options im just not fast enough to write it down because then it goes straight into the linux kernel which, and then it is done i dont think i can use a live cd judging by both the processor and cd speed
i tried featherlight and left it on for three hours still hasnt boot
Gentoo.
There is nothing else.
There is nothing else.
OP
Ive heard great things bout gentoo cept the fact of installing ill give it a try
OP
I couldnt get gentoo before i had to go
but i did get debian on there
i installed the first cd but not the second because it took 20 minutes to load the second
anyway its text interface anyway to get to a gui
and linux found the video card to be vesa vga which is odd because under win2k pro it found it to be a svga becaue i had high resolution going.
but i did get debian on there
i installed the first cd but not the second because it took 20 minutes to load the second
anyway its text interface anyway to get to a gui
and linux found the video card to be vesa vga which is odd because under win2k pro it found it to be a svga becaue i had high resolution going.
