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[C David Rigby <c.david.rigby@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eduard Gotwig wrote:
> How many RAM and CPU does Lubuntu 10.4 will require?
> i have a 266 mhz pentium 2 processor,126 mb ram and 5 gb disk space and
> what linux kernel we would take?
>   
Hello Eduard Gotwig,

This is much too under-powered for any distribution based on Ubuntu, as 
Zsolt Peter Basak has already remarked, and in detail. However, there 
are other Unix-like operating systems that can run on such hardware. The 
trade off is that installation will be more challenging, and effective 
use of the system will require using the shell more than a graphical 
interface. GUI's need more powerful hardware. There is simply no way 
around that requirement. On the plus side, you will gain a deeper 
knowledge of the internals of the Unix-like OS.

If this interests you, check out the BSDs:

http://www.freebsd.org/

http://netbsd.org/

http://openbsd.org/

I would use FreeBSD for a desktop or low-end server. OpenBSD would be my 
choice for a gateway or firewall system.

Regards,
C David Rigby