On Tuesday, 6 June 2017 6:37:29 PM AEST cory seligman via luv-main wrote:
does anyone have experience putting older linux distros (specifically Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) on newer hardware?
I have a VM running 10.04 that has a large amount of installed packages and tweaked installation details and I need it to be running natively on hardware.
Why do you need it running natively? A VM is usually much easier for such things. If you are worried about performance then keep in mind that a VM on new hardware will often outperform running natively on old hardware.
I'd just install it on an older laptop, but I want a hardware platform that has some kind of warranty and the ability to be replaced by just re-imaging.
Laptops are particularly difficult in regard to such things as their hardware changes faster than desktops and servers. Why does this have to be a laptop?
Ideally, I'd like to go out and buy a cheap netbook and image my VM onto it. What are the chances of this actually Just Working (TM)?
Not too bad as long as you don't need fast video. If you just want 2D video most things should just work.
All I need is basic video and USB. Don't even actually need networking.
There's a good chance that it will just do what you want then. Why not try it? If it fails try a kernel from a later release. Generally the aim in Debian seems to be to make each kernel work with the previous release. So taking a kernel one release above the userspace shouldn't be a problem. If you need to take it 2 releases above then you might need to take a newer userspace or boot the kernel with compatability options. But we can cross that bridge if we come to it. Just give it a go and see what happens. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/