Could This run it?

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Hi, I am currently using Xubuntu 11.04 on my laptop, because it is very old. Here are the specs for it.

Dell Latitude D520
Intel Celeron Processor 1.6Ghz
512Mb of RAM
Intel 945GM video card

Could this possibly run OpenSuse LXDE maybe?

Thanks

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Please get live cd from here Derivatives - openSUSE
Try the live cd out,if it works well then your h/w is fine

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Hi, I am currently using Xubuntu 11.04 on my laptop, because it is very old. Here are the specs for it.

Dell Latitude D520
Intel Celeron Processor 1.6Ghz
512Mb of RAM
Intel 945GM video card

Could this possibly run OpenSuse LXDE maybe?

Thanks

I think it would work just fine. This is older than the first Dell laptop I used with openSUSE, a Dell model D610, but I feel it will work for you. vazhavandan suggested downloading a LiveCD which is good suggestion to see what you get before making any sort of install. You can run openSUSE directly from the CD and since its a CD, its not so big to download. I prefer using KDE which would be my suggested download I think. However, here is the LXDE link I found: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/lxde/images/iso/

Thank You,

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AFAIK RAM is a bit low for the installer. But a text install with a running LXDE after install should be possible IMHO. If it boots from the LiveCD into LXDE you should be OK.

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On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:16:02 +0000, Knurpht wrote:

> AFAIK RAM is a bit low for the installer. But a text install with a
> running LXDE after install should be possible IMHO. If it boots from the
> LiveCD into LXDE you should be OK.

I would agree. The Dell Latitude D-series tend to work fairly well, but
even within a model the hardware can vary. (I’ve got a D620 myself - and
there are a total of 4 variants; the video card and wireless card can
vary from one to another, with ATI or Intel video and Intel or Broadcomm
wireless cards.

All four models of that work fairly well - my wife’s got one that’s ATI/
Intel, and mine is ATI/Broadcomm. I’ve heard the Intel video variants
work well too, but I haven’t tried them myself.

As others have said, the memory is a bit low, but the D-series should be
able to be upgraded pretty cheaply. The CPU should be fine for basic
things, but I wouldn’t try to do any fancy graphics with it.

Jim

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You might be able to score a cheap SODIMM on eBay for a few bucks to bring the memory up to 1GB, then everything would go much smoother. Assuming the slots are not all used up.