[jasonraymondson]

Does anyone in here have any experience with http://u-lite.org

I am thinking about taking some old crap systems and fixing them up and installing this on them to give to a mens shelter here in town and was wondering what you think of this.

[Jotapay]

Sounds like a great idea. Make sure they are made to be mostly noob-proof, as much as possible.

[jasonraymondson]

just figure it will be for internet, open office, and light application work.

Nothing to hard to figure out.

[TWilliam]

Seems like a nice lightweight desktop anyway (running it right now). If you've already got a current Ubuntu CD, you can just install that, then install the LXDE desktop with Synaptic (it's in the repositories) then remove Gnome.

[jasonraymondson]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', 'S')eems like a nice lightweight desktop anyway (running it right now). If you've already got a current Ubuntu CD, you can just install that, then install the LXDE desktop with Synaptic (it's in the repositories) then remove Gnome.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'W')hat are the hardware specs you are running on?

[Quinny]

Not done U-lite, but I revived old hardware using puppy and another version (damn small??). Worked pretty well. I've also used my usb mandriva system on some pretty old boxes with reasonable results.

[jasonraymondson]

The systems of which I am referring to are around the p4 1.4 ghz range with around 256 - 512 ram.

[TWilliam]

That should be adequate to run regular Ubuntu then, at least the 512 Meg systems:

"Ubuntu should run reasonably well on a computer with the following minimum hardware specification. However, features such as visual effects may not run smoothly."

• 700 MHz x86 processor
  
• 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
  
• 8 GB of disk space
  
• Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution
  
• Sound card
  
• A network or Internet connection

"If you have an old or low-spec computer or want to get the most out of your hardware, using a lightweight desktop system such as Xubuntu is recommended, as it should make more efficient use of your system's resources. Of course, even if you have the newest equipment out, you could still use Xubuntu."

• 800 MHz processor
  
• 256 MB of system memory (RAM)
  
• 6 GB of disk space
  
• Graphics card capable of 800x600 resolution

[jasonraymondson]

The one thing I can be certain of, is that ubuntu (full flavor) requires 1gb or more ram. I have used it on a couple demo installs and yes, it will run on 512... but damn is it slow. That is why I am in the consideration process for U-Light.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 'T')he one thing I can be certain of, is that ubuntu (full flavor) requires 1gb or more ram. I have used it on a couple demo installs and yes, it will run on 512... but damn is it slow. That is why I am in the consideration process for U-Light.

[davep]

This may help as a pointer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Linux

but I don't see the version I was playing with a while back (I forget the name...)