Does my hardware meet system requirements?

[beebelo]

Hello all,

I've been a PCLOS fan for some time, but I am not a heavy computer user at home. My last install was the E17 version on my older desktop. I neglected to keep Synaptic updated and last night when I finally did, E17 broke. No big deal; time to try something different anyway...

KDE doesn't work on my system and I assume it something to do with this:

The bad news is users with older legacy video cards included in most dated computers may be functionally reduced due to many depreciated xorg video drivers.

My video adapter is a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 with 64 MB ram, in a "VIA CPU to AGP2.0/AGP3.0 Controller", on a Asus motherboard with Sempron 1.6 GHz (single core) and 1 gig of RAM.

Does the above quote apply to the PCLOS Openbox version, or should I be good to go if I install it? I don't play games. Just browsing, downloading, watching videos, doing office stuff, and burning and ripping. This computer has always been fine until this Xorg update (assuming that's the reason.)

Thanks.

[kjpetrie]

It should be fine. You might have to use the nouveau or nv driver or there might even be a proprietary driver. The worst that should happen is you won't get 3d effects.

[beebelo]

Good, thanks.

I found that Nvidia did update the non-free legacy drivers in July:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606

Legacy releases for GeForce 5 series GPUs:  Current official release: 173.14.31 (x86 / x86_64)

Legacy releases for GeForce 2 through GeForce 4 series GPUs:  Current official release: 96.43.20 (x86 / x86_64)

96.43.20 (legacy) for Linux x86/x86_64 released
Release highlights:
 - Fixed a bug that caused freezes and crashes when resizing windows in KDE 4 with desktop effects enabled using X.Org X server version 1.10 or later.
 - Added support for X.Org xserver 1.10.

Legacy releases for Riva TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and some GeForce 2 GPUs:  Current official release: 71.86.15 (x86 / x86_64)