Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 10:43:28 -0800 From: Skip Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Loaded linux mandrake the hard way
> >Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 21:30:12 -0600 > >From: "Phillip Ramirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Loaded linux mandrake the hard way > > <snip> > >hard drive.. Is something wrong?? Do I need 32meg to run linux well?? I > >just want an mp3 player and gps > > > > See my earlier reply - you need 32M if you have any chance of M8.1 working > well, it's a memory hog, particularly with kde2.2. It will still be slow - I > did the timings as a comparison some weeks ago but I don't have them with > me, but iirc around thre and a half minutes from power to kde desktop under > M8.1. I'd recommend the upgrade anyway. You might be happier using a minimalist window manager, such as Blackbox, (http://blackbox.alug.org/) They require much less memory and don't take up valuable screen real-estate with a lot of clutter. -- Dr. Everett (Skip) Carter Phone: 831-641-0645 FAX: 831-641-0647 Taygeta Scientific Inc. INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1340 Munras Ave., Suite 314 WWW: http://www.taygeta.com Monterey, CA. 93940 ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
