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XP to Ubuntu with an 8yr old Hacktop – Computerphile

Rejuvenating an ‘ancient’ piece of technology for free with a new operating system. As Windows XP nears end-of-life, we look at whether we can re-purpose old bits of kit for free. Joe Nash gets hacking.

EXTRA BITS – Realtime Boot Comparison: http://youtu.be/ondpla1KHAo
EXTRA BITS – Creating a Bootable USB in Linux: http://youtu.be/LonQjMbjZR0
EXTRA BITS – Installing Ubuntu: http://youtu.be/ceYeTXHHSa0

Raspberry Pi Hardware: http://youtu.be/sx2HjuZBuo0

Laptop Specs: 2006 Dell Inspiron 6400 – Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66Ghz 1GB RAM 5400rpm SATA 160GB HDD – Win XP Media Centre Edition with all updates –
(XP had been reinstalled multiple times, all patches and updates installed, the machine often rebuilt from scratch) – after this film a Crucial SSD was installed and Ubuntu reinstalled.

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39 thoughts on “XP to Ubuntu with an 8yr old Hacktop – Computerphile

  • I always liked linux but hated how big of a pain in the ass it was to find drivers and etc. But I found linux mint and I will never go back to windows.

  • Ubuntu is great on old computers. I installed it on a 10 year laptop and put a new battery. The owner has been using it happily for the last 2 years.

  • Could you please talk a little bit faster, that way I won't understand anything you're saying =)

  • Hey so went with the "try ubuntu" option but I'm having trouble connecting to wifi.any tips ?

  • Silicon foam? Fancy. In most of the country we use Sellotape. It duct tape.

  • I have an old Compaq laptop running Windows XP with the following specs:
    92 MB RAM
    80 GB HDD.
    It's running toooo slow. Which OS is best for it?

  • I installed ubuntu 14.04 on my Dell d620. I am unable to get the wifi to work. It works with the either net wired connection., and wifi works in Windows XP but not ubuntu. Any help appreciated.

  • I have to admit, Ubuntu is a good free OS. After my hard drive corrupted I decided to use Linux, but I found out that it can't run many of my games and apps. So I installed Win10 and learned how to dual boot, so I have both Win10 and Ubuntu. Yay!

  • Great video. I have a similar model to that old Dell amongst my old stuff. I'm putting Linux on mine too.

  • Oh snap, my first computer looked just like that one.

  • Is it possible to do this with an old Vista laptop. I would like to get it upgraded so I can run Minecraft or at least Chrome.
    I'll try to find out how old it is, but so far this video is slightly hard to understand.

  • I've tried linux on an three year old ( dell 1558 ) laptop just as the warranty expired, it worked fine for a few months then it got fried for no apparent reason.

  • When installing a new OS to such an old laptop / PC check first if there even is an option available to boot from USB in the BIOS. If you just happen to have a CD laying around, install it on there and dont bother installing it on USB.

  • when ever i installed it there was a 6/10 success rate id say haha

  • done a similar thing I call it the tinkerbook…video is at my channel!

  • Recently did this with an old IBM Thinkpad. It still runs a really old HP Laserjet 4 that my whole family uses to print documents, and I'm rather scared of leaving it running with Windows XP with no support for the OS. Runs absolutely perfect now with lubuntu and setting up printing was actually a lot easier than i thought it would be, considering every other machine that would be accessing it was Windows based.

  • An ssd and win10 would make this thing fly.

  • No need to de-frag in linux either and software is almost all free.

    Less worry about viruses too.

    Everyone over 50 should be given a free linux usb; have you ever tried using an older persons pc….?

    What have they even been downloading……….

  • im running windows 10 on an identical pc and its wonderful. no hardware changes at all

  • Was any persistence created on the USB stick? When I use the Pendrivelinux Universal USB installer, it notes that the progress bar will not move while the persistence file is being created.

  • if you're watching on Chrome OS… um… something. just, uh, just do something. 🙂

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