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RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04
Change to an old ATi RagePro or nVidia card. Check your RAM as well as other hardware components. Linux should install on this system, but if there is any failing hardware, forget it. One thing Linux is less tolerant of faulty hardware than Windows is. And any time I have had issues with Linux (not due to me futzing about...) it has always proved to be due to faulty / failing hardware. devil
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If Ubuntu is aiming for mainstream  Michael Kelly | 04/25/08
Ubuntu works fine on PIII, it's the SIS video card  pjotr123 | 04/25/08
Of course anything based on i686 will "work"  Michael Kelly | 04/25/08
Xubuntu 8.04  dpnewkirk | 04/25/08
Real World Usage  pj_mouse | 04/25/08
I believe you  Michael Kelly | 04/25/08
I think I understand your point....  LazLong | 04/25/08
It certainly isn't the processor or ram  Eapache | 04/26/08
I have to agree with you  yschoo1@... | 04/26/08
Also agreeing  istari2ve2002@... | 04/28/08
I guess mine is mainstream  bobsherrill@... | 04/28/08
You shouldn't assume from one review....  devlin_X | 04/27/08
My experience  bbbaldie_z | 04/28/08
Exactly  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Not so quick there, pjotr123  Billsey | 04/28/08
OS X Leopard will run on any Mac circa 2001  frgough | 04/25/08
Try throwing that SIS video card in the Mac and see how it does.  ajole | 04/25/08
good point  yschoo1@... | 05/03/08
I don't think so  markbn | 04/26/08
True  Furiousrog | 04/28/08
Aternate install cd  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Use the Alternate Install  svarejm@... | 04/28/08
I?m so dissappointed with Ubuntu  a foot in both camps | 04/28/08
VIA based computer  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
If Fedora can operate on VIA why not Ubuntu?  a foot in both camps | 04/29/08
It wasn't the PIII CPU that was the problem  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
SIS-cards are bad  pjotr123 | 04/25/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Magikx21 | 04/25/08
video card memory requirements  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Linux User 147560 | 04/25/08
In agreement.  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Not if the  bobsherrill@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  amaughan | 04/25/08
Faulty memory and Faulty HD drive motors.  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Has anyone ugraded from 7.10 yet?  btidwell | 04/25/08
Yes  druid99999 | 04/25/08
Let's get this straight  CreepinJesus | 04/25/08
Not Quite  druid99999 | 04/25/08
No, they were upgrading your 7.10  macoafi | 04/28/08
Just run the upgrade  fr0thy2 | 04/27/08
Damn Straight!  The Rifleman | 04/27/08
Good Experience  istari2ve2002@... | 04/28/08
Hmmm.... Not in my experience.  awasson@... | 04/29/08
AFAIK  kwacka | 05/01/08
Download the Alternate CD  Mykal73 | 04/25/08
Thanks  btidwell | 04/25/08
Running 8.04 Updated Now  pj_mouse | 04/25/08
Yes, I upgraded but no trouble  richard.williams4177@... | 04/25/08
Did the PC last night and the laptop is upgrading righ now.  storm14k | 04/25/08
Did a new install  elderlybloke | 04/25/08
new install  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
Yes, to 8.04 from 7.10 successfully  prizmeye | 04/25/08
It's slow, but at least it's there  Eapache | 04/26/08
Update manager  djchandler | 04/27/08
There are alternate update sites.  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
the partner site?  gaurdro | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  rpoworski@... | 04/25/08
Ubuntu, to outdo Windoze7  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  TTGIT Guy | 04/25/08
Wake up smarter  D. T. Schmitz | 04/25/08
MS will wake up smarter and extend the life of Windows XP?  blc1839 | 04/30/08
Re: Difficulty with installation.  joe.smetona@... | 04/25/08
Different qualities of Lasers  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Alternate CD for low end machines  smontano7 | 04/25/08
Yes Adrian try the alternate  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 04/25/08
Flip Flop  aureolin@... | 04/25/08
Just the installer  Timpraetor | 04/25/08
Hardy on an old system  LB75 | 04/25/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  billw1234 | 04/25/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  oneiclosed | 04/25/08
So you'll continue  The Boy Lard | 04/25/08
Linux for me thanks...  storm14k | 04/25/08
Oh Bill  elderlybloke | 04/25/08
"only a couple ways"... when windows would give you ONLY ONE!!  shryko | 04/25/08
whoopee  billw1234 | 04/25/08
Your a troll and your  alaniane@... | 04/28/08
giving a blackberry to fred flintstone  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
If you don't like it then Stick with what you know  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Yeah you really got the best there....  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Milking Windoze Users For Repairs  skris88@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  mellb@... | 04/25/08
The first thing I did...  James T. Kirk | 04/25/08
Butt-Ugly  elderlybloke | 04/25/08
non-beta? meanwhile, people have been told it's good enough... often enough  shryko | 04/25/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  billw1234 | 04/25/08
time & patience to tweak linux? he was testing out of box!(nt)  shryko | 04/25/08
Wrong on most accounts...  compnstuff | 04/28/08
At first I thought this was a Troll post...  awasson@... | 04/29/08
Realtek RTL8187B Wireless Chip problems  bka1959 | 04/25/08
Realtek has some cards supported  masinick@... | 04/25/08
Realtek RTL8187B Wireless Chip problems  The Rifleman | 04/27/08
Revolt?  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
Exactly - no WiFi, no use!  Bengt | 04/28/08
no WiFi, no use!  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
Where'd you get the drivers for Vista and XP?  macoafi | 04/28/08
Tides are changing  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
sorry  billw1234 | 04/25/08
and yet more and more, that is changing...  shryko | 04/25/08
updates  billw1234 | 04/25/08
Ler's face facts - Unbuntu is a novelty only.  cnfrisch | 04/25/08
it is  billw1234 | 04/25/08
Troll?  lmarks | 04/25/08
Yes but...  marks055@... | 04/26/08
thats right  billw1234 | 04/26/08
PC uses  AndyCee | 04/28/08
everything  billw1234 | 04/28/08
32 bit XP won't recognize RAM above 4GB  alaniane@... | 04/28/08
Linux is just not for everyone "YET"  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Oh Really...  compnstuff | 04/28/08
Ler's face facts - Unbuntu is a novelty only.  The Rifleman | 04/27/08
Windows Vista is light years ahead of Ubuntu....LIGHT YEARS!  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
So Magratheans use it?  macoafi | 04/28/08
heres the only true test  billw1234 | 04/25/08
serious question  billw1234 | 04/26/08
serious answer  fromthehip | 04/28/08
An intelligen person would  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Ignorant proposal.  djchandler | 04/27/08
Sit down and give your mouth a chance  deaf_e_kate | 04/28/08
only true test  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
Your logic is staggering  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Impractical and unrealistic  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  masinick@... | 04/25/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  rwnz | 04/26/08
Ubuntu: Comes with Enhanced Security  D. T. Schmitz | 04/26/08
Quick question  Ben_E | 04/27/08
Adventures with KUbuntu 8.04 KDE 4  progon | 04/26/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  progon | 04/26/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Me_too | 04/26/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  The Rifleman | 04/27/08
No Adventures Here  nizuse | 04/27/08
Guess Ubuntu is mainstream  jabailo1 | 04/27/08
Er...what?  macoafi | 04/28/08
Lol  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
LOL...nt  socialism=nowhere | 04/28/08
Foolish proposal by billw1234  Web Smart | 04/27/08
wheres mainstream?  billw1234 | 04/28/08
dork  Darkgeek | 04/28/08
wheres mainstream?  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
No Windows here  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Actually - you don't sound much better right now...nt  socialism=nowhere | 04/28/08
your funny  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
Try installing Windows XP (32 bit)  alaniane@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  JumpingJack | 04/27/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  techcommunities | 04/28/08
CD version  AndyCee | 04/28/08
-- installation was no issue --  techcommunities | 04/29/08
Have you tried burning a new cd at slow speeds?  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
CD was no issue  techcommunities | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  paleheretic | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  trenchsol | 04/28/08
Looking for some (free) advice...  Michael Of Atlanta | 04/28/08
Suggestion:  joe.smetona@... | 04/28/08
Thanks for the tip...  Michael Of Atlanta | 04/28/08
I've noticed a slight sluggishness  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  dilipti | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  plarsien@... | 04/28/08
Buy an old MAC, they cost as much as a NEW PC.  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
I agree  cpushrink1@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  plarsien@... | 04/28/08
My experiences  ac567@... | 04/28/08
Dual Booting  nancyjones36507@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  ac567@... | 04/28/08
Thank you Adrian. I have had problems on older hardware as well...  socialism=nowhere | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 - DOA as usual  rolf.ernst@... | 04/28/08
thank you  billw1234 | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  richdave | 04/28/08
PCLinuxOS is too old  rhomp2002@... | 04/28/08
PCLinuxOS  m0lissa | 04/28/08
Easier?  TheGooch1 | 04/28/08
Easier?  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
P-III  catseverywhere@... | 04/28/08
Scare them  aussieblnd@... | 04/28/08
How about we don't peek and say we did  Crestview | 04/28/08
Vista is CRAP compared to Ubuntu!!!  The Mickster | 04/28/08
That's one person's opinion - that's all it is...  socialism=nowhere | 04/28/08
Like Kubuntu over Ubuntu. Waiting patiently.  softwareFlunky | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  bigbugna | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
Reading through many of these posts proves  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
I have to disagree with your OPINION above...  socialism=nowhere | 04/28/08
WPA on Wifi a pain in the ASS!  goonrick@... | 04/28/08
Ubuntu Ralink Guide by Ubuntu Staff  starcannon99022@... | 04/28/08
PIII didn't work?? My PII does.  pfyearwood | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  bsaunders43 | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Bwucie | 04/28/08
Drivers turn on a switch in the firmware  BALTHOR | 04/28/08
Intel P3 works great with ubuntu  james.faction | 04/28/08
Failed (Region 4) DVD playback  skris88@... | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  khalidmehmoodawan | 04/28/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  techcommunities | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  techcommunities | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Vivek Nair | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  andrew.parsons@... | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  Clueless Jim | 04/29/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  bobc4012@... | 04/30/08
RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04  jbiro@... | 04/30/08

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