Comments on: Ubuntu 9.04 experienced with my Fujitsu P 1030 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/ Even the humblest beings are potentially precious. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: hockey http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-990 hockey Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:02:51 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-990 i have a fujitsu lifebook p-1030 at the bottom of my drawer ... don't really know what to do with it ... it is just too slow and not ungradable for any decent usage ... the experience is just horrible and these days, i advise all my friends to stay out of buying their laptops ... their machines have the look but poorly designed inside ... Fujitsu should offer to swap them for some of their newer generation lifebooks, even not necessary the most uptodate ones, for a discount ... i have a fujitsu lifebook p-1030 at the bottom of my drawer … don’t really know what to do with it … it is just too slow and not ungradable for any decent usage … the experience is just horrible and these days, i advise all my friends to stay out of buying their laptops … their machines have the look but poorly designed inside … Fujitsu should offer to swap them for some of their newer generation lifebooks, even not necessary the most uptodate ones, for a discount …

]]> By: rdawg http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-270 rdawg Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:39:40 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-270 Try fluxbox, but you need to follow these steps, i did so on mine to a certain point. You can boot a USB by using a floppy. (ie. DamnSmallLinux floppy to USB) it is in there wiki. I was wondering if there was a universal floppy to boot any USB http://www.go2linux.org/installing-a-light-linux-operating-system-debian-fluxbox Try fluxbox, but you need to follow these steps, i did so on mine to a certain point. You can boot a USB by using a floppy. (ie. DamnSmallLinux floppy to USB) it is in there wiki. I was wondering if there was a universal floppy to boot any USB

http://www.go2linux.org/installing-a-light-linux-operating-system-debian-fluxbox

]]> By: rathwjj http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-247 rathwjj Tue, 05 May 2009 16:09:58 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-247 thank for your kindly advice; this machine cannot boot from cd or usb flash drive; has to pick the hdd to boot with other PC; the progress; thank for deralaand's advice; but i cannot run it by CD. thank for Mo Kraak's advice; I tried download Xubuntu, but still no time on plug the harddrive to the PC yet, still many work to do. I will try your advice; btw, any advice for the configuration. thank for your kindly advice;
this machine cannot boot from cd or usb flash drive; has to pick the hdd to boot with other PC;
the progress;
thank for deralaand’s advice; but i cannot run it by CD.
thank for Mo Kraak’s advice; I tried download Xubuntu, but still no time on plug the harddrive to the PC yet, still many work to do. I will try your advice; btw, any advice for the configuration.

]]> By: Mo Kraak http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Mo Kraak Mon, 04 May 2009 18:52:39 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-246 Slower than XP? I've been fussing with my Fujitsu LifeBook P1120 w/ 256 Mb of RAM for a long time trying to find something that runs (not walks) on it. I can't believe that the P1120 has a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker on it in the first place! Granted, it worked pretty well when it was brand new but eventually slowed to an agonizing crawl in spite of my obsession with software maintenance. To compound the issue, this lappy will not boot from anything but the HD so I had to look pretty hard before I leapt. In fact, in order to install a distro, I have to remove the HD from the P1120, install it in another lappy and run the liveCD installation. Once the system is ready for the first reboot, I remove the HD and stick it in the P1120 to finish it up. So far, I've tried Debian, Kubuntu, Ubuntu and finally settled on Xubuntu. IMO, forget abut Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux, I tried them both on an old ThinkPad and the HD installation was an incomprehensible mess (I never really succeeded and gave up). If you want to try to run them from a CD or USB, that's your prerogative but my P1120 doesn't have a CD drive, won't boot with an external USB or PCMCIA CD drive (except some mythical Fujitsu CD drive) or a normal USB drive. Bottom line is that you should be looking at any distro with the Xfce windows manager. There's no doubt that it runs better on the P1120 than KDE or Gnome. It's still slow, but useful after careful configuration of startup sessions and services. I sincerely hope that I can spare you some of the pain that I've had in my mission to extend the life of my favorite little lappy! Slower than XP? I’ve been fussing with my Fujitsu LifeBook P1120 w/ 256 Mb of RAM for a long time trying to find something that runs (not walks) on it. I can’t believe that the P1120 has a “Designed for Windows XP” sticker on it in the first place! Granted, it worked pretty well when it was brand new but eventually slowed to an agonizing crawl in spite of my obsession with software maintenance.

To compound the issue, this lappy will not boot from anything but the HD so I had to look pretty hard before I leapt. In fact, in order to install a distro, I have to remove the HD from the P1120, install it in another lappy and run the liveCD installation. Once the system is ready for the first reboot, I remove the HD and stick it in the P1120 to finish it up. So far, I’ve tried Debian, Kubuntu, Ubuntu and finally settled on Xubuntu.

IMO, forget abut Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux, I tried them both on an old ThinkPad and the HD installation was an incomprehensible mess (I never really succeeded and gave up). If you want to try to run them from a CD or USB, that’s your prerogative but my P1120 doesn’t have a CD drive, won’t boot with an external USB or PCMCIA CD drive (except some mythical Fujitsu CD drive) or a normal USB drive.

Bottom line is that you should be looking at any distro with the Xfce windows manager. There’s no doubt that it runs better on the P1120 than KDE or Gnome. It’s still slow, but useful after careful configuration of startup sessions and services.

I sincerely hope that I can spare you some of the pain that I’ve had in my mission to extend the life of my favorite little lappy!

]]> By: deralaand http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-245 deralaand Mon, 04 May 2009 17:50:09 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-245 slower than XP? I find this almost impossible to believe. How did you install it? wubi? or are you running off the live CD? I apologize...I did read the post...just the headline. Puppy linux will fly on your computer...however, you might just want to run it from the CD. Some installs get funky with GRUB and you are left with an un-bootable computer. slower than XP?

I find this almost impossible to believe.

How did you install it?

wubi?

or are you running off the live CD?

I apologize…I did read the post…just the headline.

Puppy linux will fly on your computer…however, you might just want to run it from the CD. Some installs get funky with GRUB and you are left with an un-bootable computer.

]]> By: Ubuntu 9.04 experienced with my Fujitsu P 1030 | Ubuntu-News - Your one stop for news about Ubuntu http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Ubuntu 9.04 experienced with my Fujitsu P 1030 | Ubuntu-News - Your one stop for news about Ubuntu Mon, 04 May 2009 16:57:32 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-244 [...] So need to switch back to XP again. Yesterday I tried to installed Ubuntu 9.04 to that PC; it’s work ok but too slow. slower than Windows XP; and that’s the worse of all. More here [...] [...] So need to switch back to XP again. Yesterday I tried to installed Ubuntu 9.04 to that PC; it’s work ok but too slow. slower than Windows XP; and that’s the worse of all. More here [...]

]]> By: Fred http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/ubuntu-904-experienced-with-my-fujitsu-p-1030/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Fred Mon, 04 May 2009 04:03:30 +0000 http://rathwjj.gfxtm.com/?p=1541#comment-243 You should use Xubuntu, not Ubuntu on a machine of these specifications. It will work fine. It is based on Ubuntu and still has the same great underlying OS, support and updates, but is much easier on hardware resources. http://www.xubuntu.org/ You should use Xubuntu, not Ubuntu on a machine of these specifications. It will work fine. It is based on Ubuntu and still has the same great underlying OS, support and updates, but is much easier on hardware resources.

http://www.xubuntu.org/

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