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I just rebuilt a computer, 512 Mbs of ram,180Gb,Intel Pentium 3,

should i install xubuntu? would it make it any faster?

i would like to use it for basic browsing,homework,All of that mostly online/In the cloud.

Thanks for your answers in advance.

Wilf
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It should just work - the specs are here.

Ubuntu Desktop Edition

  1. 700 MHz processor (about Intel Celeron or better)

  2. 512 MiB RAM (system memory)

  3. 5 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see LiveCD for an alternative approach)
  4. VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution

  5. Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media

  6. Internet access is helpful

As long as the processor is somewhere above 500Mhz, it should work, just not very quickly.

Wilf
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  • its like 340 i think or 600 im not too sure. should i buy new ram cards? Or a new motherboard? or what? – samgabbay Jan 06 '14 at 14:26
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    More RAM would help a bit - but what it would probably need would be a bigger processor or a new Motherboard. I have tried running Xfce on a Raspberry Pi (700MHz Processor + 512Mb of RAM - but very different hardware, though it has a similar operating system) and it is slow. So it would go with your current hardware, but a bigger processor would ensure it works properly. – Wilf Jan 06 '14 at 14:37
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If you want to stick to ubuntu flavours, then try Lubuntu. That generally runs well on lower spec, and will be quicker. However, for real speed on such a machine give Puppy Linux a try. Go on, don't be scared. It's easy!

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