I ran Fedora Core 5 with Gnome on 256 and it ran fine. I didn't notice any sluggishness.
Norm Higgs http://forbiddenpc.com http://forbiddenpc.blogspot.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] latest linux for me ? > 256 mb of ram is on the low side for most operating systems. I know > some people will run KDE or Gnome desktop on 256 mb of ram but I think > its performance would be disappointing. > > But if you don't want to spend money to upgrade the ram then by all > means consider a lower resource linux like xubuntu. > > A 1.7 mhz processor is more then sufficent to run Linux. The slowest > cpu I have here is 400 mhz and its adequate to run Linux with a light > weight desktop like XFCE or Flux or Icewm > > > babu c k wrote: > > > > > > Thank you very much for your reply Jeanette . But only upgrading of RAM > > will boost up my system performance ? > > > > Jeanette <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com <mailto:russoje%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Jeanette wrote: > > > > Babu you have plenty of processor but the 256 mb of ram is on the low > > side. You could run gnome or kde desktop but it will be slow. > > > > I would look into something like xubuntu which is easy to use and uses > > the XFCE desktop which is lower in resources. > > > > If you were to add another 256 mb of ram you could run just about any > > linux. I like Ubuntu or Kubuntu. > > > > Babu wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > sir, > > > i wanna know which linux is good for me. I have a 32 bit processor > > > with 256 ddr ram and 1.7 ghz processor. > > > i will be very thankful to u if u tel me which latest version of linux > > > will be well suitable for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > > Here’s a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
