[olug] Custom building desktop

Dan Staehr staehrmedia at neb.rr.com
Mon Apr 16 20:50:55 UTC 2012


This build would replace the Pentium 4.

I'm looking at a quad core or at least dual core processor for the new 
computer.

Dan Staehr, President
Staehr Media Services
6117 NW 4th Street
Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
402-440-5869


On 4/16/2012 3:20 PM, DYNATRON tech wrote:
> pentium 4? would suggest an older distro of ubuntu like 9.04 or 10.04.
> maybe even something lighter like xubuntu.
>
> any 11.x version of *buntu is going to have horrible performance on a
> machine that old.
> On Apr 16, 2012 3:10 PM, "T. J. Brumfield"<enderandrew at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> I do recommend KDE over Unity for someone uses to Windows. I'm not sure I'd
>> recommend Kubuntu because  Canonical has dropped support for it, and it
>> isn't the best KDE distro.
>>
>> I'd go with Fedora, openSUSE or perhaps Mint.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Timothy Goshinski<tgoshinski at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>> If she is used to Windows, I might go Kubuntu to avoid overly
>> disorienting
>>> her.
>>>
>>>   --=
>>> =--
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Dan Staehr<staehrmedia at neb.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a client that needs a new desktop. She is an "older" lady, not
>>> very
>>>> computer savvy. Basically needs internet access, email access and some
>>>> photo storage. The current flat screen display, keyboard, mouse and
>>> printer
>>>> all would be fine. Her current computer is a 6 year old Dell Dimension
>> P4
>>>> running Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>> Would Ubuntu be a possibility?
>>>>
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>>>> Staehr Media Services
>>>> 6117 NW 4th Street
>>>> Lincoln, NE 68521-3774
>>>> 402-440-5869
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