Advise please

alba · 08-27-2005, 02:50 AM

Hi I have an old laptop that I want to use for doing my HJT logs, and I would like to find out about installing a linux operating system on it, it only has 64 mb of ram but I will try and at least double that,
Could you advise me on this, I know nothing about linux (sorry)

Kind regards
alba

**Spatcher** · 08-27-2005, 03:27 PM

Hello alba;

yes it is possible to put Linux on a setup like that, but I seriously doubt that you can put hjt on it, unless you mean get on the internet to work on them (I think that's what you mean).

EDIT: How big is your harddrive?

alba · 08-28-2005, 06:22 AM

Hiya Henry

Yep I will be working online, running mozilla, thunderbird, AVG, and zonealarm. Offline I intend running
SmartWhois, spyblaster, Keynote.

It has 10Gb hardrive and I will take it to a Finnish guy I know and he will upgrade the ram if possible. I read on one of the other threads on this forum about Ubunca, so will pprobably go with that

thanks for your advise

alba

**Spatcher** · 08-28-2005, 06:27 AM

Well I prefer Fedora Core because it has a graphical installer, which is very nice. But you can't run zonealram, avg, on it. Yes Mozilla products are run on it, but you have no need for an anti-virus on Linux. And when I installed FC3, it asked if I wanted a firewall, and if I wanted to activate SecurityEnhanced Linux. I chose yes to both.

alba · 08-28-2005, 06:38 AM

Of course no need for anti virus

There are no hackers in the Utopian world of opensource and linux Which was the first vision of the Intrnet and WorldWideWeb where people wrote their own programs and posted them on the net so others could use them and add to them.

Until Bill Gates came along with his greed for Power and Money

Thanks for your help Henry

warm regards

alba

**Spatcher** · 08-28-2005, 06:40 AM

Anytime

08-27-2005, 02:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
alba Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eire Posts: 2,006 OS: Vista, Ubuntu 8.04	Advise please Hi I have an old laptop that I want to use for doing my HJT logs, and I would like to find out about installing a linux operating system on it, it only has 64 mb of ram but I will try and at least double that, Could you advise me on this, I know nothing about linux (sorry) Kind regards alba __________________ Member of UNITE If I have helped you in anyway, please DONATE to TSF Go raibh maith agat

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Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Hello alba; yes it is possible to put Linux on a setup like that, but I seriously doubt that you can put hjt on it, unless you mean get on the internet to work on them (I think that's what you mean). EDIT: How big is your harddrive? __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy Last edited by Spatcher; 08-27-2005 at 03:29 PM.

08-28-2005, 06:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
alba Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eire Posts: 2,006 OS: Vista, Ubuntu 8.04	Hiya Henry Yep I will be working online, running mozilla, thunderbird, AVG, and zonealarm. Offline I intend running SmartWhois, spyblaster, Keynote. It has 10Gb hardrive and I will take it to a Finnish guy I know and he will upgrade the ram if possible. I read on one of the other threads on this forum about Ubunca, so will pprobably go with that thanks for your advise alba __________________ Member of UNITE If I have helped you in anyway, please DONATE to TSF Go raibh maith agat

08-28-2005, 06:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Well I prefer Fedora Core because it has a graphical installer, which is very nice. But you can't run zonealram, avg, on it. Yes Mozilla products are run on it, but you have no need for an anti-virus on Linux. And when I installed FC3, it asked if I wanted a firewall, and if I wanted to activate SecurityEnhanced Linux. I chose yes to both. __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

08-28-2005, 06:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
alba Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Eire Posts: 2,006 OS: Vista, Ubuntu 8.04	Of course no need for anti virus There are no hackers in the Utopian world of opensource and linux Which was the first vision of the Intrnet and WorldWideWeb where people wrote their own programs and posted them on the net so others could use them and add to them. Until Bill Gates came along with his greed for Power and Money Thanks for your help Henry warm regards alba __________________ Member of UNITE If I have helped you in anyway, please DONATE to TSF Go raibh maith agat

08-28-2005, 06:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Anytime __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy