ubuntuforums-unanswered team mailing list archive

[Tom <question76426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76426 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76426

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
It also sounds like it might be worth installing Ubuntu as part of a
dual-boot system on another machine for your grandson to play those
games "on a proper machine" ;) but this will need to be a machine with
over 52Mb ram & 700Mhz cpu it'd also need at least 15Gb free hard-drive
space.  Note that linux can read almost anything stored on the Windows
side even tho Windows can't see the Ubuntu(linux) side.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
32 bit desktop version is probably the best, even on my 64bit machine its best for me :)  
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
I tend to find really cheap "write once" cds work better for this than the more expensive which are more for data storage instead.  Hopefully you can just put this new cd in the cd/dvd-drive and boot up the computer. Then choosing the option "Try Ubuntu without changes to the machine" should get you to a working ubuntu desktop, we call this a "LiveCd session", if it works. Here's a guide if there's trouble getting to there
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD

This LiveCd session should pick up on the machines internet connection automatically and you should be able to surf into here using firefox.  If that all seems to be just about fine then installing using this guide should give you a decent dual-boot system
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

and then this guide helps sort out the multimedia
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

I hope this helps deal with the problem :)
Regards from
Tom :)

Ps if you have a smaller machine that you'd rather use for this please let us know the specs and we might be able to suggest a different linux distro rather than Ubuntu, all the way down to sliTaz or perhaps even smaller
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slitaz

-- 
You received this question notification because you are a member of UF
Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu.