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Re: Installation Proglem

Subject: Re: Installation Proglem
From: Daniel James
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:22:28 -0000
Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux

In article <11ffi5pm4tusa52l8ggra9mv69ieimnd1g@xxxxxxx>, Dystopia 
wrote:
> I have a laptop that ... has had Suse installed previously but
> I am having trouble with it now.  I have want to install ubuntu
> but it will not take it.

What's the spec of the laptop? How long ago (what version) of SuSe did 
you have working?

Current Ubuntu versions are pretty good at supporting a wide range of 
hardware, but Ubuntu is getting a little bloated compared with older 
distros, and is optimized for fairly modern hardware. Older distros are 
less likely to support a bang up-to-date PC, but more likely to work on 
older hardware as they will be leaner and won't expect the latest CPU, 
etc..

The minimum requirements for Ubuntu here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements
don't say that any particular CPU is required, but I know that many 
current distros are built for at least a '686 (Pentium Pro or later) 
CPU and won't run on an original Pentium or earlier CPU.

So, what is this old laptop you have?

Cheers,
 Daniel.
 


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