XUbuntu on my system

[umakemebetter]

I want to do a lot of DVD playback, and online streaming.

Pentium III 667mhz
256MB RAM
20GB Hard drive

there is a version of sopcast (online streaming video program, streams channels for cricket and soccer globally) for Ubuntu which should be compatible, its just a question of whether itll run smooth or not.
youtube should work properly, right?

oh, and is 720p playback of any type of video out of the question?

basically I want to turn my old PC into an XUbuntu-based HTPC

 

[DJ-CHRIS1]

You'll want hardware mpeg decoding for DVD's, than that PC should be able to play them back. No problem with youtube either.

 

[Le 3eme oeil]

Did you add ram to that because that seems like a lot for something with a P3

 

[MikeReiner]

Did you add ram to that because that seems like a lot for something with a P3

my p3 has 512

 

[Le 3eme oeil]

my p3 has 512

My p3 has 128...

 

[DJ-CHRIS1]

Did you add ram to that because that seems like a lot for something with a P3

My P3's all had from 256-512

 

[Le 3eme oeil]

My P3's all had from 256-512

Eh well i guess im not going to complain becasue i got mine for free.

Only thing is i think the network card in it is dead, and it would be hard to replace it becasue its a small case and looks really crammed.

 

[umakemebetter]

is 720p video gonna play at all?
or slideshow

 

[MikeReiner]

Total slide show.