devilish Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Hello! My girlfriends dad wants to get a fast and secure operating system for his old Pentium Tillamook Laptop (233MHz, 64MB, 10GB Disk). He currently runs Win98 with no virus protection because ha could not find a working av software anymore. So he decided to switch to linux but it has to be very simple in installation and use because the only way for me to help him is the phone. We've tryed Ubuntu but the live CD wouldnt even boot. DSLs Desktop was too much for him and the archlinux installation.... oh no. He only needs the following things: - a Webbrowser with popup and add blocker - an easy way to mount/dismount USB sticks and to watch the pictures on them - plug and play network konfiguration... (dhcp) any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Clone the os off an eepc? might be able to clone the drive or flash memory onto his hd.. winhex could probably do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gEEEk Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Psst.. Xandros (The EeePC OS) exist on some torrenttrackers. But hey, winners don't do warrez.. Otherwise, DSL is quite a good option. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Xandros ! haha i knew it had a name, dsl is a good choice to, but xandros is pretty basic for the less computer savvy good call gEEEk Anyone ever used the Xandros Desktop? How is it? do you just install normal debian packages to add in apps? Does it support wine and windows programs? (formatting the gf's computer soon, might throw it on) Should make for less for me to fix :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Xandros is based on Debian, so it supports apt. For me Xandors from Asus was a bad experience, its repo was corrupted. Others seems to have better luck. Anyway here is way to get Xandros: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xepc/ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ls Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 What about puppy linux? http://www.puppylinux.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I wouldn't expect Xandros, or most other modern distros for that matter, to run well on that system. Personally I'd go with Windows 2000. If DSL's desktop was "too much" then you're very low on options, anything pretty and friendly enough for Joe Shmoe to use is going to be too heavy for that machine. Sure, Linux will run on just about anything, but you have to skimp on the luxuries. Edit: When you say "he decided to switch to Linux", how exactly did he hear about it and what were his expectations when he said he'd try it? Smells a lot like someone told him Linux doesn't get viruses and he said "awesome!" without knowing much else about it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilish Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Yes, after doing some more research I hope that I can get him some older version of a anti virus software so that he can keep his Win2k installation. Thanks a lot for your greate support! Edit: When you say "he decided to switch to Linux", how exactly did he hear about it and what were his expectations when he said he'd try it? Smells a lot like someone told him Linux doesn't get viruses and he said "awesome!" without knowing much else about it to me. Well, looks like he has bought some sort of magazine. He likes the idear of open source and of course saving money. I've tryed to convince him to buy better hardware but... meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Yes, after doing some more research I hope that I can get him some older version of a anti virus software so that he can keep his Win2k installation. Thanks a lot for your greate support! Well, looks like he has bought some sort of magazine. He likes the idear of open source and of course saving money. I've tryed to convince him to buy better hardware but... meh AVG still works with Win2000, but I thought you said he had 98? http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-viru...n_free_670#tba3 You might need to add some memory to that thing though. At the very least, if you put 156 meg of ram, you could put XP on there. I had put XP on my wifes 300mhz, 128meg ram Gateway and worked for the longest time. Slow, but it worked for what she needed and she was at least using something more supported. Has anyone tried ReactOS on a netbook? http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html http://www.reactos.org/en/news_page_51.html Reduced minimum memory requirement to 32Mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culile Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Avast supports windows 98 http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-free-home-a...ntispyware.html Free http://www.avast.com/eng/system-requiremen...ofessional.html Not Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 XP would run alright on that machine with more RAM, you'd be surprised at how usable it is on those old PIIs. Give it more than 128MB to play with and it'd probably be alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 The system looks like to be made for Win2k, i ran XP and a 733Mhz with 256 MB in ram it did struggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 The system looks like to be made for Win2k, i ran XP and a 733Mhz with 256 MB in ram it did struggle. Depends on how you configure it, but XP Pro would be better than home because you can really tweak it. Also, there are tons of things you can disable in XP that are on by default which slow the system down, like disk indexing services, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Still not sure what the point is here, my phone is faster than that laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 200mhz eh? um.. could it run jasager maybe?! lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilish Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 AVG still works with Win2000, but I thought you said he had 98? Yes I thougt it was 98 but my girlfriend told me that she has installed 2000 on her last visit home. We've now decided to use an older version of Antivir that still gets database updates. You might need to add some memory to that thing though. At the very least, if you put 156 meg of ram, you could put XP on there. I had put XP on my wifes 300mhz, 128meg ram Gateway and worked for the longest time. Slow, but it worked for what she needed and she was at least using something more supported. I've tryed a year ago but it seems that thing doesn't like that idea.... I think I've found a greate x-mas present for him. Will search for an xp ready machine on ebay when it's getting cold again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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