best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

[Guest]

i am new to linux , I have installed debian with success on desktop but i was basically lucky because I did not have problems.
I want to install linux on this laptop
compaq presario 12xl500 laptop 320ram,6 gig hd (for now ), celeron 766 , dell 1150 wireless card
broadband internet access.

I want to be able to access internet at minimum and to install additional apps

Is it possible to install a kubuntu on this ?
if no what are alternatives of linux?

I help/advice apprecatied

[arochester]

Re: best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

compaq presario laptop

Which model?

[Guest]

Re: best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

compaq presario 12xl500 laptop 320ram,6 gig hd (for now ), celeron 766 , dell 1150 wireless card
broadband internet access.

[Stormbringer]

Re: best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

The system requirements can be found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...emRequirements

The specifications given in the original post seem to be closer to (though, not quite at) the recommended specs.

That being said, creating/acquiring/using a bootable "live CD" (http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download) should be a good indicator of whether (and how well) the major components (network cards, sound system, USB ports and peripherals, etc.) will work "out-of-the-box".

Some tweaking/assembly may be required...

[hern_28]

Re: best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

Installed it on a Old Compaq Presario 1247 basic specs:

400mhz AMD K6-2 3dnow Processor
196 Megs ram
4 gig hd
cd-rom

Had to do a non gui install and disable a bunch of services but it would kinda run it ( no guarentees ) so you should be able to install and run it. Will probably require a bit of tweaking though.

[mkvnmtr]

Re: best way to install on this laptop (if possible)

You probably have enough ram to install with the alt. disk. A lot of very smart users prefer this to a live disk install. You might not have enough ram to run a live disk. If you were able to instal debian why not just add the KDE desktop. It should usen less resources?