[plug] Ubuntu on older 8.04 on older machines

[Blake Munro]

Hey Kai,

Yep - use the alternate ISO that you can download. It is fully text based
and will work a charm.
If you don't need a GUI, then go for the server version :)

Cheers
Blake

2008/8/3 Keith Bawden <keith at bawdo.com>

> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 18:36, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > How are we all ? enjoying the cold, windy days down in Perth,
>
> Nope I'm in balmy Tokyo :-)
>
> > Is there a text only mode or something which I haven't figured out,
>
> A little googling suggest you need the "alternate install CD"
>
> http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu-releases/8.04.1/
>
> > If Ubuntu isn't recommended for older machines I'm all ears for any
> > feedback.
>
> Will this be a desktop machine? If so then I don't think your choice
> of distro will be as limiting a factor as your choice of window
> manager. Maybe something like xfce, wmaker or my personal choice wmii.
>
> Regards, Keith
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Regards,

Blake Munro
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