Darrin,

  What was the model of the laptop?

-jmz

On 9/23/06, Darrin Chandler <dwchandler@stilyagin.com> 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! ;)
>
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