Alternatively you could shell out and buy another 256MB RAM, and run what you like.
Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Tayehanpour" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 17 July, 2012 12:01:43 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] development > Gentoo and Slackware can be used for low spec systems, but both can be > problematic to install for new linux users On the upside, you get a free crash-course in GNU/Linux internals while installing Gentoo. Which ought to be a good thing for a developer, eh? :) Up to recently, I would have recommended Arch Linux. But as of late, every Arch system I have tried to install have died of various odd reasons, probably due to a botched upgrade of one of the core packages in Arch. You may have better luck than I had. For such a low-end system, I would choose a reasonably barebones system (Slackware, Gentoo, Arch, even Debian I suppose) and for the graphicalities install something lightweight such as Openbox, Fluxbox, JWM, IceWM... Back in the days, when I grew old enough to start wanting to try non-default things, I started out with testing Blackbox and later Fluxbox, and I was very satisfied. Even today I use Openbox whenever I have a low-end box which absolutely must have a graphical environment for some reason. On 16 July 2012 14:00, Robert Muwanga < [email protected] > wrote: Gentoo and Slackware can be used for low spec systems, but both can be problematic to install for new linux users, not to mention the former requires compiling from source (although there are pre-built binaries you can use unless you love to squeeze every last hertz out of the hardware) :) On Monday, 16 July 2012, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: In addition to my previous mail: It seems that the U-Lite project (link came from my book marks) has collapsed in the mean time. That is very surprising to me. But for now: you can forget about U-Lite. V On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Victor van Reijswoud < [email protected] > wrote: > I would also have a look at Ubuntu Lite: > http://www.ubuntux.org/ubuntu-lite-ubuntu-power-for-slow-machines . > Close to the standard (ubuntu) and an active community. > > V > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Joseph Kasoma < [email protected] > wrote: >> How good i spuppy linux when it comes to using it as a developer? >> If not so good, which other linux based platforms can anyone suggest for >> that purpose-except those that can 'choke' the life out of a 256MB worth of >> RAM and Pentium 4 system? >> Will be glad to 'here ' anyone out there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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