Looking for old distributions of Ubuntu to install on very low-resource PCs that we still have at work, I came across a url that more than one can bring you nostalgia, thank or curse.
En http://old-releases.ubuntu.com we will find both the .iso of CDs y DVDs, as the repositories of Ubuntu from version 4.10. Of course, the older the version, the older the packages will be and it will not be supported by Canonical. But to start any little bit with less than 256 Mb of RAM, it should be enough.
The repositories are here: old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
The isos are here: old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/
In addition, there are Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu y Edubuntu 😀
Well, looking for old things I don't think is the best, there are Vector Linux, Arch, Zenwalk, DSL and Puppy
Yup yup, anything but Ubuntu huh?
Not if it's not that, I just don't know if it will be good to carry outdated things, like if it is an old version of Mandrake or Fedora that I do like.
And anyway if you are looking for Gnome Gnome is still Gnome, so those computers load it badly, whatever distro it is
+1 Courage ^^ I would rather install a light but current version of one of the distros to revive an old pc.
It is not to go to the contrary of both, but I do not agree. This is someone who has had to do wonders to start up Hardware that would normally be in a museum now. With the advancement and development of Software, applications become heavier and I give you a simple example. What was lighter Xfce 4.2 or Xfce 4.8?
I do not think that it is so much that consumption of more that Xfce 4.8 can have.
Hey, you also have Fluxbox, Openbox, IceWM, etc, etc and have been on Linux long enough to handle them.
And yet Ubuntu is not the lightest distro, there are a lot more, even if you look for old versions
Exactly, I can handle that kind of environment, but my users can't. And it is for them that I work, so I have to give them something enjoyable.
Thanks for the link !!!
Based on your experience, which version of ubuntu could you recommend for a computer with 128mb ram, celeron and 6gb hard disk ???
I got this equipment and since being still functional it makes me a waste to have it stored in the cellar, I would like it to work less for me to test SSH, internet, even a very modest mini web server, or to play with emulators in the past ... Anyway, we always like an extra team to do tests, right?
The fact is that thinking about how limited it is, I started trying to run winbugs 98 and 2000, both with problems detecting the network card, so I tried with a version of Ubuntu 9.10 I think, which could not run correctly due to the video card, then I tried suse 10 something but I had problems with the hard disk (what? I don't know) and when I found your post I decided to download Ubuntu 4.10, it works great, but I am almost new to linux in general because the fact Having few resources like the ones we have from versions 9 to front complicates it a lot (especially the software center) that even the apt-get is not a problem but the thing of looking for something to download ...
Because of this I ask for your kind cooperation (hahaha) and I wish you could recommend the "less old" distro that you think can hold my recently dusted computer…. Thank you!
Thank you
Ps seems wonderful to me, my ubuntu 10.04 on my asrock 775i65g the only distro that recognizes my graphics and activates 3d and I can see any video without mentioning the resolution of the screen and I ps I don't have to look for rare packages or kill myself on the console or anything like that, and wanted to buy a graphic but an agp port is difficult to get and very expensive to others not worth it…. Greetings from vzla!