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Will a old computer with 1024M of RAM and a Pentium 4 CPU be able to host a personal website, while still allowing me to use the web browser? Does someone have any recommendations for helping it run more responsively?

undeadwyvern
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  • It will probably work, but might not be as fast as you want it to be. Fool-proof way to find out is to try it. :) – colboynik Feb 14 '14 at 05:31

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Potentially. With only 1GB of RAM given it's going to have a graphical interface, using a web browser (which are quite memory-heavy nowadays), the experience may be lackluster.

I would suggest using a lightweight desktop environment instead of Ubuntu's default Unity, such as Xfce or LXDE. You can install one of these from the command line on Ubuntu Server using sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop or sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop. That way, your desktop/web browsing experience leaves as much RAM as possible aside for the web server to use.

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Running a web server with this configuration is possible just use add classic gnome environment by following these simple steps:

  • open the terminal window.
  • sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
  • Now logout and change the default unity environment to gnome with the option above(left) the username bar.

Personally I have the same configuration and its working good classic-gnome.

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My recommendations:

  • Don't use the server to do anything else than hosting the website (don't install any desktop enviroment, a server is a server)
  • Don't use ubuntu on servers, especially on servers like your server, go for Debian instead.
  • Don't install Apache, use Nginx instead.

If you really need to install a web browser, then download one of these, no desktop environment needed. If you really want a GUI experience then go for Openbox

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