Which All os will work on this pc. Smoothly

[adirawat20]

Hey guys. I am using W7 which i got from my Friend but it isn't Running smoothly on my PC. Xp runs fine but this isn't. So i want to ask which all os are good enough to be run on this PC.
Specification= Got from Everest home edition.

CPU = Intel P4 ,2500 mhz
RAM = 512mb X 512mb DDR1.
GPU = Standard VGA , Memory Size - 8000 kb.
MOBO - Necola 845.
- 1 AGP 4x / 8x Slot.
So tell me. Is xp best or there is another os.

[krishnandu.sarkar]

512 x 512MB???? :-O
I think u mean 1x512MB
Nyway Win 7 shud work fine on this PC.....But disable all/some eye-candy(if u want to run Win7)

XP and its predecessors will b ok on this PC.

U can also run many Linux distros(but the light ones not the ubuntu and opensuse)

[debsuvra]

Originally Posted by adirawat20

Hey guys. I am using W7 which i got from my Friend but it isn't Running smoothly on my PC. Xp runs fine but this isn't. So i want to ask which all os are good enough to be run on this PC.
Specification= Got from Everest home edition.

CPU = Intel P4 ,2500 mhz
RAM = 512mb X 512mb DDR1.
GPU = Standard VGA , Memory Size - 8000 kb.
MOBO - Necola 845.
- 1 AGP 4x / 8x Slot.
So tell me. Is xp best or there is another os.

I guess you meant 2 of 512MB RAM modules in 2 slots, right? I don't find any reason for Windows 7 not to run smoothly on your PC, surely it'll not as fast as Windows XP. My old PC with 1.8 GHz P4 ran Windows 7 perfectly, better than Vista. Check if you have all the necessary drivers installed. Also run a Windows Update from Windows 7.

Otherwise, you can try Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Since you have at least 512MB of RAM, it'll run just fine.

P.S. Did not hear about your Motherboard brand, Necola, ever in my life before. A Google search made it clear.

[CA50]

windows 7 will work fine, try it

[adirawat20]

It 1s 512mb X 2 mg Ram. 1 GB of ram actually.
Few months ago my friend gave me ubuntu i don't know which one but it didn't ran as i don't have drivers.
How 2 disable eye candy??
How 2 download Drivers ??

[CA50]

eye candy will be automatically be disable. windows 7 sense the hardware and automatically disables. as for mobo drivers, check the mobo site

[Cool G5]

I would recommend Windows XP, Linux Mint 8, Arch Linux, Fedora 12 for the configuration you have.

[desiibond]

windows xp should be the best bet.

[debsuvra]

Originally Posted by Cool G5

I would recommend Windows XP, Linux Mint 8, Arch Linux, Fedora 12 for the configuration you have.

Won't be Arch a little hard on him? I mean if he doesn't have prior experiences with Linux.

[rohan_kumar011]

Originally Posted by adirawat20

Hey guys. I am using W7 which i got from my Friend but it isn't Running smoothly on my PC. Xp runs fine but this isn't. So i want to ask which all os are good enough to be run on this PC.
Specification= Got from Everest home edition.

CPU = Intel P4 ,2500 mhz
RAM = 512mb X 512mb DDR1.
GPU = Standard VGA , Memory Size - 8000 kb.
MOBO - Necola 845.
- 1 AGP 4x / 8x Slot.
So tell me. Is xp best or there is another os.

If u want to stick to Windows Oses then 2000, Xp or 7 are the way to go. Yu shuld chck for drivers as others said coz win7 can run smoothely on a PC with half the power as yours.

But if u can, get Ubuntu(without extensive graphics enabled) or better yet get openBSD [An article for the same is in this month's Digit issue, for OpenBSD]

[Cool G5]

Originally Posted by debsuvra

Won't be Arch a little hard on him? I mean if he doesn't have prior experiences with Linux.

If he finds difficult we're here to help him, right na?
Also Arch Linux isn't that difficult than what people make of it. Its just that it follows a different process.

[adirawat20]

Ram is DDR1 and timings are - 227

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Unable to find driver for mobo=NEC-MB865G

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Unable to find driver for mobo=NEC-MB865G

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Going bakc to XP

[debsuvra]

Originally Posted by Cool G5

If he finds difficult we're here to help him, right na?
Also Arch Linux isn't that difficult than what people make of it. Its just that it follows a different process.

I know Arch is not that difficult, having used it from their "Don't Panic" release. But I guess adirawat20 just wants to get his PC running smoothly first, then he should go for Ubuntu without all the hassles. Afterward, he can definitely try Arch. Now don't claim that Arch is as straightforward as Ubuntu, both have their own purposes.

[arpanmukherjee1]

i know Sabayon 5 (latest release)

this dvd is 4.6 GB.

installed sabayon 4 1yr earlier.
never needed driver for m/b, gfx card 8600gt ..
and never needed any utility package download ever
BTW dual boot xp and sabayon.
my option to go fr Sabayon if u want to realise full power of Linux (just loving to say dis)

[Cool G5]

@arpanmukherjee1 - Sabayon is good distro but requires a good system to run smoothly. So we can't recommend to him.

@debsuvra - Whatever! I don't want to argue. Had enough of OS's wars.

[arpanmukherjee1]

^ agreed.. compz fusion requires gfx crd

but the installation manager lets us choose the custom prg to be installed.

moreover linux is not about eyecandy....its about the core stablity (monolithic) and installation capablity that i am practically in love with it

what arch comes packed with i have done that in sabayon in lesser time than any other distro

more over it was my recommendation ,,, be it a begginer or a pro or even the h/w

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^ agreed.. compz fusion requires gfx crd

but the installation manager lets us choose the custom prg to be installed.

moreover linux is not about eyecandy....its about the core stablity (monolithic) and installation capablity that i am practically in love with it

what arch comes packed with i have done that in sabayon in lesser time than any other distro

more over it was my recommendation ,,, be it a begginer or a pro or even the h/w

[saqib_khan]

Use Win XP for that config. And guys not another OS war.

[arpanmukherjee1]

^ true.

OP didnt post anything

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by adirawat20

Specification= Got from Everest home edition.

CPU = Intel P4 ,2500 mhz
RAM = 512mb X 512mb DDR1.
GPU = Standard VGA , Memory Size - 8000 kb.
MOBO - Necola 845.
- 1 AGP 4x / 8x Slot.
So tell me. Is xp best or there is another os.

Ya u can use the following Os perfectly:
0) MS DOS
1) Win 3.1
2) WIn95
3) Win98
4) Win2000 millenium
5) Win XP
6) Win Vista (some features disabled)
7) Win 7 (same as above)

[azzu]

Originally Posted by KaranTh85

Ya u can use the following Os perfectly:
0) MS DOS
1) Win 3.1
2) WIn95
3) Win98
4) Win2000 millenium
5) Win XP
6) Win Vista (some features disabled)
7) Win 7 (same as above)

continuation
8) puppy os
9) linux mint all versions (mostly)
10)eAR OS,
11)mandriva 2010
12)open suse 11
13)ubuntu (all versions mostly)

all this Os will work Perfectly on ur System ( did i miss any ?)

check puppy Os its small user friendly and really cute