On Dec 26, 2005, at 9:00 AM, JT Moree wrote: > Robert Citek wrote: >> 1) would folks here recommend Kubuntu or Ubuntu on a low-end machine: >> 450 MHz, <128 MB RAM, 6 GB HDD? > > Neither. You'll want a lightweight distro with 128M and less
BTW, here's an excerpt of an e-mail I sent to ByteWorks: On Dec 31, 2005, at 3:07 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > As a proof-of-concept, I did the following on a 500 MHz, 128 MB, 10 > GB HDD machine: > > 1) installed FeatherLinux with a 3 GB linux partition and 2 GB swap > partition. > 2) installed OpenOffice.org 2.0 via synaptic (GUI front-end to apt- > get) > 3) downloaded the "BWorks Strategic Plan 2006-2010.doc" file and > opened it in OpenOffice.org Writer > 4) converted the file to PDF and uploaded it to the Yahoo!Group. > > To my surprise, bootup was pretty snappy and OOo wasn't as sluggish > as I though it would be. In short, FeatherLinux is very usable with > OpenOffice.org. After using FluxBox for a short period, I really don't think it's suitable for the ByteWorks crowd. I'm leaning heavily towards IceWM. Regards, - Robert http://www.cwelug.org/downloads Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
