My Dell D600 is a P 1.3 GHz - currently with 768 MB RAM.  Arch runs pretty
nicely on it.

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote:

> I second Scott's mention of bloat. In the last year or so, I've been
> unable to get any kind of performance from Mandriva on my laptop. I
> switched to Arch, and it flys. Same goes with my desktop. It's bare Linux,
> and you add all the goodies you want. Much more desirable than what the
> Distro makers think you might want, or loading multiple alternatives to the
> same program function.
>
>
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> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 15:34, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> @ Roy - From all the headaches I've had with Ubuntu's bloat and hogging
>> of resources, Arch is a breath of fresh air.  To me it's every bit worth
>> the effort... and it's teaching me more about my laptop than I ever knew
>> before.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Funny. Phoronix tested Arch against Ubuntu and found little difference
>>> in performance. That was when Maverick came out, but it makes you wonder if
>>> Arch is worth all of the fuss.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_arch_faster&num=1
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit
>>> Location: Canada
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 January 2012 15:15, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Arch is growing on me in leaps and bounds.  Ubuntu was way too
>>>> bloated... but it was the only OS that would run on my lappy with no
>>>> serious issues.  I will post a fix on the wiki if I get an answer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Arch is awesome. I have it on my desktop and laptop now. I am very
>>>>> pleased with it. I can't help with the Opera problem though, I don't use
>>>>> it, just Chrome. If you do get a fix, might be a good idea to put it on 
>>>>> the
>>>>> Arch wiki.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess
>>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.nine
>>>>>
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>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:15, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I finally conquered my laptop issues with Arch!!!  Don't ask me how I
>>>>>> did it - all I can say is http://wiki.archlinux.org saved my bacon
>>>>>> on more than a few occasions.  I'm having an issue with flash only on
>>>>>> Opera, which is the browser I really want to use.  Flash works properly 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> Chromium.  Here are  the versions of flash and Opera I have installed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> extra/flashplugin 11.1.102.55-1
>>>>>> community/opera 11.60-1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any thoughts, ideas, questions, or comments???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
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