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

[Deryk Barker]

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.  
Welcome to God's Country.
> 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?
Probably. I'm a KDE user on my desktop machines but my 256MB laptop runs 
xfce or one of the other lightweight window managers.

I think gnome and kde are too heavyweight today for 256MB RAM.