On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:38:34PM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:34:59AM +0530, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
> >
> > Are there any good projects/HOWTO's that help a user keep hardware
> > requirements within limits? Consider a case for example, where a user
> > wants to get as many good features of a modern GNOME/KDE desktop as
> > possible, on a Pentium 200 with 32 MB SDRAM ...
> >
> X alone would need 64MB+ of RAM for decent performace. Add to that the
> bloat of kde/gnome, your pentium classic will crawl. Something lighter
> like icewm, wmkaer, {black/flux/open}box, oroborus would be a better
> bet.
Add wmx to that list ... in fact, there are people here who use
oroborus or wmx or the likes on P4 machines with 128MB RAM and a 32MB
Vanta AGP card!
> On a related note, has tried XFCE with above specs? It is supposed to be
> lean and mean. On my celeron 400 + 128MB ram it is good.
That's what I used on my old Pentium ... 96MB RAM though, not 32MB.
What I am looking for is an easy alternative for simple users ... you
know, at the end of installation, the distro provides a choice: "You
have limited hardware supports ... so here are you options."
Atleast a good document on what all people can tweak to keep their
Pentium's useful ... again, I am talking about simple home users. If
none exists, any suggestions and experiences? I would like to start a
mini-desktop-mini-HOWTO ;-)
Sameer.
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