On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 09:21 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote: > Gilles SICHE wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I intend to buy a *cheap* laptop on which I'd like to run a linux > > distribution (Ubuntu) and OpenOffice 2 : could anyone tell me what are > > the > > minimum requirements (RAM, processor speed...) necessary for the > > system to > > run reasonably quickly? > > You can get away with a 500Mhz processor. You need a bit of RAM though - > I'd say a minimum of 192MB. I've run OOo on a Linux system with a 500Mhz > processor with 128MB ( in our sales department ), and I remember > thinking "Damn. This needs more memory".
It depends a lot on how you set things up. Use the Reiser filesystem, and shut down a few extras like multiple workspaces, and a 500Mhz processor with 128MB RAM runs Ubuntu fairly well. You'll notice that OOo takes a long time to start, but, in general, performance is acceptable. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield "No matter who you vote for, The government gets in." - OysterBand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
