[Discuss] Hello World, and Linux under 256MB of RAM

[stephen hawkes]

If you have used Ubuntu why not try Xubuntu? I've used it on a pII-400 
with 256MB ram and it seemed usable. Fluxbuntu is also available now 
(fluxbox + ubuntu) which comes with a minmal collection of apps 
(abiword, aterm, bitlbee, cplay, dillo, eterm, irssi, links2, mc, 
mozilla-thunderbird, mpg123, rox-filer, ted, unzip, vlc, xterm, xzgv, zip).


Richard Schwarting wrote:
> Hello VLUG.
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself.  My name is Richard Schwarting and
> I am a 4th year computer science student at the University of Guelph
> in Ontario.  I've come to Victoria for a co-op work term this semester
> (but haven't actually still need to secure a job for that :o  so I
> might not be around for long ;).  I generally use Slackware (when I
> have the time) and Ubuntu (when I don't), and I live almost
> exclusively under GNOME.
>
> I was curious as to how Linux fairs for others on computers with 256MB
> of RAM.  My experience has generally been that running multiple apps
> in GNOME with that little RAM inevitably leads to swapping, where my
> multiple apps are Firefox, Rhythmbox, Gaim, and Nautilus.  OpenOffice
> generally proves incredibly painful.  Particularly, do any KDE users
> have such complaints?
>
> Cheers!
>  Richard Schwarting
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