1. Older Computers & Linux

2. Older Computers RAM256M, 512M, 1G Hard drive30G, 40G, 80G Processor1.2 – 2.0 GHz CD/DVD DriveNeed this USB portHelpful Boot OrderCD -> USB -> Floppy -> HD

3. Comments on Win XP They can be really, really slow (Dowtran, DailUp) Auto-updates to Cloud are VERY slow If you just have email, browser: speed is OK CD/DVD drive may be slow or outdated (DL) Router encryption may be outdated WEP vs. WPA Most can boot from CD, flash, even floppy They are “tricky” to use with network printers

4. Risky Behavior Drive without insurance; without seat belts No health insurance No saving for retirement Drive a small car Skip vaccinations; don’t use cell phone (rad.); Never get an X-rays Smoke Alcohol Run Windows XP East a Big Mac

5. What is Linux Operating System (Windows, OS X, Fortran) Free (there are no free lunches) Comes in many choices (distros, flavors) Generally unsupported (forums on home page) Quirky (system & people) Regular updates Driver support

6. What Choices Do I HaveHave Popular: Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, Magia, Fedora, SuSE Newbies: Zorin, PCLinuxOS, LXLE, CentOS, Arch Size: Puppy, Xubuntu, Tiny Core, Damn Small Support: (any Enterprise version) Specialty: Knoppix, Tails, Scientific, GParted

8. What Can I Do With Linux Browse:Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Midori, Epiphany Email:Thunderbird, Evolution, Claws Office:Open Office, Libre Office, Abiword Audio:Rhythmbox, Banshee, Audacity Video:VLC Games, Communications, Maintenance, Backup

9. Where Will I Get Support Will have to ask for it Forums Tutorials Not much in the way of clubs (Universities)

10. What About Drivers Much better Older peripherals may have problems Specialty peripherals may have problems

11. What Choices Do I Have To Make Distro 32 or 64 bit Desktop Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Unity Boot location (wipe, 2 nd HD, dual boot)

12. Where Do I Get Other Programs Each distro has it own repository Can use other Open Source libraries Upgrades are “early & often”

13. What Can I Not Do With Linux Specialty programs (Genealogy, taxes )

14. But I Must Run A Win XP Program There are Windows emulators They probably will work They probably will be slower Wine, CrossOver (Mac), GameTree (games) WineCrossOverGameTree

15. Can I Test Drive Linux Yes, boot with a Live CD What’s This? DO NOT have to be connected to Internet The Linux program will run only from the CD Linux will load into RAM Linux will run a little slow while reading from CD Linux will install or save NOTHING to your HD When you shut down, you leave no footprints

16. What’s With Dual Booting Any PC can boot to multiple OSs The problem is to have a separate partition Windows OS should go on first You can dual boot with 2 or more Linux distros

17. What’s With Virtualization Run 1 or more OS in a “virtual computer” Can use a high powered PC When you shut down, everything goes away Load Win XP in a virtual box, run legacy programs at full speed, save data to flash drive, no virus or malware can get to Win XP

18. What Is The Exact Procedure min Select a distro 5 Download/Buy a copy of the distro (iso) 10 Burn to a CD or DVD 5 Boot PC from CD or DVD 4 Trial run the distro from a Live CD version 3 - 6 Load distro into appropriate partition 5 - 15

19. Linux on XP Articles Lubuntu/Xubuntu are best choicesbest VirtualBoxUser Manual VirtualBoxUser Manual 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014Distros What to do about Windows XP Leo N.Windows

20. Computer Specifications Toshiba Acer H.P. Desktop RAM 496 M 2 G 4 G 2 G Processor 1.20 2.00 2.40 2.16 Win Exper. -- 3.1 4.2 3.5 Bits 32 32 64 32 Op. Sys XP Vista Win 7 Win 7 Boot time 2 min 2 min 2 min 2 min

21. What I Did To Prepare Created a bunch of Linux Live CDs Tested them on a $5 desktop about half worked Tested them on Vista laptop – 2 G about ¾ worked Tested them on XP laptop – 486 M Puppy, Damn Small Tested them on Win 7 desktop-2 G messed up computer Took pictures of start screen Tested boot CDs, flash drives, 180M CDs