[NBLUG/talk] Cheap laptop capable of running Linux

[steve]

On 11/23/2013 02:48 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> On 11/23/2013 01:44 PM, steve wrote:

>> Not quite what you're asking but I noticed the LXLE distribution
>> mentioned in the current Linux Format.  It's "Full featured OS for an
>> aging PC."
>>
>> Steve S.
>>
>> http://lxle.net/
>> _
> I went to the site and found lots of glittering generalities, but no
> specifications.  What are the ram and hd requirements.  Using old
> computers seems to be their mission, but they don't address it directly.
>
> John
From:http://lxle.net/articles/
     Upcoming LXLE Beta 1 now out for testing.

     Published on Nov 19, 2013

     This beta tries to polish up a few areas, lower memory
     usage and provide a more streamlined incarnation of its
     recent predecessor, in preparing for the 12.04.4 release.
     This is the first beta version of three scheduled before
     official release in late Jasnuary 2014.

I saw several people who were putting it on their old XP laptops which 
says something.

I may put it on one of my boxes to play with but my only XP is going to 
stay an XP and all the others already run linux quite nicely.

On 11/22/2013 12:54 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
 > On a similar note, I am looking for a distro that will run my older
 > laptops (64MB, 128MB, 256MB).
 >
 > John

You could maybe post a question at http://lxle.net/contact/ or try it on 
one of your older laptops and let us know.  One of the posts said it was 
running great on his 1Gb XP laptop but I have some reservations about 
how well it will run on 64 Mb.

(the other) Steve S.