kubuntu on old laptop

[Joseph Sinclair]

There's an option in the initial menu on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu CD's to do a text-mode install (or OEM install or Server install), which bypasses the liveCD environment for slower machines, or if you just prefer non-graphic installs.

==Joseph++

Darrin Chandler wrote:
> I had what was probably the most painful install experience of my entire
> life trying to put kubuntu on an older laptop. Unlike older
> ubuntu/kubuntu versions, this one wants to load the LiveCD and do the
> install from there. The laptop in question didn't have much RAM (192K)
> and was fairly slow. But, Ye Gods, it was just awful trying to do
> anything at all.
> 
> I believe there are alternate install CDs, hopefully an older style
> plain install. I didn't know better, so I didn't get one.
> 
> For comparison, I *installed* OpenBSD in about the time it took to load
> the kubuntu LiveCD. Actually installing kubuntu took hours.
> 
> So check out alternate ISO images if you have old, slow, low memory
> hardware! Using a LiveCD with Gnome/KDE as an installer seems pretty
> braindead. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ;)
>