On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Linux on Back2Go <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I have looked a bit, between out in the sun chores, thanks for suggestions- > I had a laptop running Ubuntu for this plan but the power in socket got > broken because the techs for DSE who fixed it a year or more ago under > warranty didn't put it back together properly .... > Bought a ext case for its HD but it appears to be a Hitachi that has a > different connection from anything else on the planet. > I use a EEE mostly for day to day life and have thought of buying one- > install GOS and Gramps but I don't think they are robust enough to survive > being lent. > Old Mandrake or Debian of the day with Gramps of that day in this IBM looks > an option, it is small enough to carry the box, but robust in that it needs > to be set up on the peoples existing screen, key pad and mouse with adapter. > But Damn Small Linux or Puppy, look good on the net, read a page by some > dude who put GRAMPS on a Puppy but I did not understand what he was on about > nor could T figure if it ran OK or was near impossible or what??? > Are there any / many GRAMPS users in the group, it is one of those things I > do full on for a few weeks a year and then forget, and I can see a website > is my next port of call. > >
I believe Barry is interested in genealogy and may use gramps. I played with it a while ago, but an earlier version. There appear to have been significant changes in architecture, including a move from the data being in a large xml file to using berkley DB (which should get better performance with large data collections). The best way to try it is to suck it and see. May I suggest: 1. do a minimal text based server install of ubuntu. 2. do aptitude install gramps abiword aptitude will pull in all dependencies including X and gnome libraries. This should give you the most minimal install. Then see how it works. If it doesn't work well, consider a newer|faster|higher ram machine. You will have lost nothing except your own time.
