Echar a andar un portátil antiguo

La semana pasada tuve en mis manos un Toshiba Satellite 1800-514 del 2001, con 384Mb de ram. El reto era hacerlo usable con un sistema operativo actual.
Para ello me decidí por instalar ubuntu con lxde. Me bajé el «Ubuntu Minimal CD image», installé la versión «Command line install» y posteriormente:

sudo aptitude install xorg lxde synaptic

A partir de ahí, al iniciar entra en el modo gráfico al escritorio LXDE.
Le instalé Google Chrome (más ligero que Firefox), OpenOffice y alguna cosilla más.

Surgió un problema con el modo de vídeo, ya que no aprovechaba toda el área de la pantalla. Tuve que crear un xorg.conf personalizado:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1"
	Driver		"trident"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	28-51
	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	Device		"Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1"
	SubSection "Display"
		   Depth 8
		   Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		   Depth 16
		   Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		   Depth 24
		   Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		   Depth 32
		   Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

La verdad es que iba muy decente. Eso sí, no esperes ver vídeos de youtube o hacer videoconferencia.