[nzlug] favourite distro

[Cliff Pratt]

Hmm,

<grin> I use Ubuntu on my old hardware. AMD 2GHz, 1024MB, Nvidia 6xxx 
series video card, 210GB of HD and a DVD R/W drive, on-board sound chips 
- just works.

The only software that has failed to run on it was the 'Easy 
Configurator' software for a USR ADSL modem. I think it was a Java 
issue, but I'm not going take the time....

Cheers,

Cliff


Steve Withers wrote:
> A bit late, but my vote is Xandros 4.0 Professional.
> 
> Yes, it's 18 months old (not including online updates), but it is still the
> best distro on my hardware.
> 
> I have old hardware. 2GHz, 512MB, Nvidia 6xxx series video card, 180GB of HD
> and a DVD R/W drive, on-board sound chips - just work.
> 
> Roughly the same spec as many low-end systems being sold new today......
> 
> 
> On Jan 7, 2008 5:23 PM, brendon <brendontoogood at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi  there one and all, what is your favorite distribution  at the moment?
>> I installed the latest of ubuntu and found that I had trouble getting my
>> sound card to work, so in installed  Debian Etch  latest release with
>> all the updates and my sound  card worked out of the box.
>> In my opinion Ubuntu have put more in to eye candy  and  than keeping
>> drivers, what is your view on that.
>>