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Post 302985709 by Corona688 on Monday 14th of November 2016 11:34:54 AM
11-14-2016
First, about that XP machine. The OS's job is to stay out of the way 99% of the time while programs sit there and run; a better OS doesn't make programs run faster, just does a better job of staying out of the way. So if Windows XP doesn't have the power to do something on your hardware, neither does UNIX. I made the same mistake a long time ago, trying to install a modern Linux distro on a Pentium (no II, III, IV, or D). 32 megs of RAM. It swapped like a wounded moth 
Further, distro's advertised as "easy" are aimed at modern consumer PC specs and have grown-up resource requirements. Install that loadout on an old computer(Anything with an XP sticker is likely 10-15 years old) and it will be sucking sand. Your best bet for that kind of distro is to install on a computer one or two models behind - old enough its hardware is well-supported, but not so old that its performance is poor.
What Linux is better at than Windows, I think -- even in the era of quad-core computers - is sharing processing power so things don't lag out as much. Linux couldn't do miracles with my ancient, dismal Duron, but it could run a compile and an MP3 player at the same time without stuttering.
If you want a general purpose Windows like experience with a lot of default choices made for you, try Ubuntu. If you want to build a super lean task-specific machine, try Debian.
Further, distro's advertised as "easy" are aimed at modern consumer PC specs and have grown-up resource requirements. Install that loadout on an old computer(Anything with an XP sticker is likely 10-15 years old) and it will be sucking sand. Your best bet for that kind of distro is to install on a computer one or two models behind - old enough its hardware is well-supported, but not so old that its performance is poor.
What Linux is better at than Windows, I think -- even in the era of quad-core computers - is sharing processing power so things don't lag out as much. Linux couldn't do miracles with my ancient, dismal Duron, but it could run a compile and an MP3 player at the same time without stuttering.
If you want a general purpose Windows like experience with a lot of default choices made for you, try Ubuntu. If you want to build a super lean task-specific machine, try Debian.
Last edited by Corona688; 11-14-2016 at 12:41 PM..
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
ekiga-config-tool
EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1) General Commands Manual EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1) NAME
ekiga-config-tool - Ekiga GConf Setup Configuration Assistant. SYNOPSIS
ekiga-config-tool [options] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ekiga-config-tool program. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. ekiga-config-tool is used to (hopefully) solve all gconf related problems with installing ekiga on your computer. OPTIONS
This programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. --clean Remove all user settings --install-schemas Install schemas with settings default (run as root) --clean-schemas Remove all schemas with settings default (run as root) --fix-permissions Fixes permissions on GConf repository directory (run as root) -?, --help Show this help message NOTE
I would not recommend using this tool to fix things if your gconf setup fails. Debian should not need this, so, use at own risk. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sander Smeenk <ssmeenk@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). June 4, 2002 EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1)