[Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 06/05/2012 03:54 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 03:45:26PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> On 06/05/2012 02:38 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
>>> You could try starting with an Ubuntu alternate install, such as
>>> the one for servers... http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server
>>>
>> I certainly could do that. My objective here is to find out WHY. As I
>> mentioned, Fedora 17 Live works fine. I could also install Slackware.
> Once you have the base installed, you can add X-related packages
> until it fails. Then you can see what caused the problem.
>
> If it doesn't fail, of course, then you are stuck with a
> functional system.
Not worth the trouble on a 9 year-old laptop

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