Stabilized without hiccups at 128mb ram , that's without youtube lagging out , you can go lower no doubt.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Dallas Wiebelhaus <wiebelh...@gmail.com>wrote: > By the way , Chrome fits in like it's native and is running hella fast on > this DE on my test box. I'm about to crank the ram down and see how low I > can get. > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Andrew Woodhead < > andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> This is kinda surplus, the system is still ubuntu based so the standard >> repos can be used to install apps if they are needed. >> If the OS is going to be as it says below, you may as well install a >> minimal install then have a gui to select apps which can then be installed >> off the repos. This however isn't the case, we are trying to make a smalland >> efficient distro with a decent amount of functionality without bloating the >> system with the likes of evolution, openoffice and firefox. These are fully >> installable once the installation has completed but the initial base system >> should be slick and quick >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:14 AM, C David Rigby >> <c.david.ri...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 18:40 +0100, Ed Hewitt and several others wrote: >>> >>> <discussion of "keep it light" or "feature complete" elided> >>> >>> Restating the obvious, but the engineering trade off is always between >>> "ease of use/fully featured" on the one hand and lightweight on the >>> other. The necessary criterion is to decide what we really want to >>> build, and make it unique and useful enough to attract interest. >>> >>> I've proposed it before, but I'll say it again as more people are on the >>> list now (sorry that I've missed the IRC meetings for the last two weeks >>> where the app mix has been the topic of discussion). How about the >>> possibility of a very slim base install with the installer offering >>> "bundles" to meet individual needs and desires? Something like the >>> FreeBSD or Debian text installers comes to mind. >>> >>> The base installation would be just a command-line, network-capable >>> system plus enough of X to get LXDE operational. We would be pushing the >>> real work to the installer. The installer, whether text-based or >>> grahpical, would need to provide a lot of choices of bundles to >>> install. >>> >>> More importantly, I think the installer should provide something I have >>> yet to see. That something is extensive documentation of the choices of >>> bundles of applications, and what they mean in terms of system >>> performance vs features. It should be organized so that a savvy user >>> could bypass the explanations (or load a jumpstart script), but a novice >>> would get a detailed explanation of what the choices are and what they >>> mean for the final installed system. >>> >>> My $0.02. >>> >>> Cheers >>> C David Rigby >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >>> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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