kubuntu on old laptop

[Darrin Chandler]

Compaq Presario 1920


On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 04:41:01PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> Darrin,
> 
>  What was the model of the laptop?
> 
> -jmz
> 
> On 9/23/06, Darrin Chandler <dwchandler at 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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