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Meeting Info We meet on the Third Saturday of the month at the San Francisco Bread Company in Conway, Arkansas at 10:00AM. Our Next Meeting is on Sat, December 20, 2008
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LinuxOldPCInstalling GNU/Linux on an Old PC Lecture & Discussion led by Tommy Trussell
# My background
# Why bother?
# Who would do this?
# General impression
# RAM (amount & proprietary vs. commodity)
# Hard drive (interfaces)
# Processor
# Dirty? Clean it.
# Fans noisy? Clean & lube or replace.
# Needed data? Back it up.
# Desktop use needs more processor & RAM & hard drive
# Server use may need little processor, medium RAM, & hard drive depending on application
# Consider putting important data on removeables
# If Knoppix can't boot it, it may be a big challenge
# For desktop use, try Xubuntu, Kubuntu or Ubuntu (ordered by amount of processor needed)
# For low amount of RAM, you may need Alternate Install or Server Install
# Everything I know I learned in Googlegarten
# Users groups
# Distro discussion forums
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