Dell Dimension 8200 (Desktop PCs)

Manufacturer: Dell

Category: Desktop PCs

Reviews: 2

Average Rating: 4.5 (Write a Review)

Linux Reviews (2)

4.0

Works out of the box

Dell Dimension 8200 (work with...)
Posted February 27, 6:37pm by DLHDragon, using Debian Linux

works with
* Xubuntu 9.04 , 9.10
* Debian
OR other... lightweight Linux Distributions
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Dell Dimension 8200
RAM:
256MB
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Debian (Rating 4)
Xubuntu (Rating 3)(more slower)

5.0

Good machine, plays well with Linux
Posted September 15, 2008, 10:14pm by chris_m, using Debian Linux, Fedora Core Linux, FreeBSD, Mandriva Linux, SuSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux

Have loaded a variety of Linux distributions, most generally have worked well with hardware. Same for PC-BSD. Ubuntu 6.06 was a particularly smooth installation, still the most-used distribution on the machine. Added a 3Com 3C905C Tornado card and an ALi USB 2.0 card, both have worked fine.