Well, he DID say he was running KDE. :-) Besides which, he said he'd had
some "fun" setting up KDE, so to my way of thinking, he's not going to take
a suggestion to switch window managers very well. ;-)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > No.... Linux will run just fine in 32 megs. I've got 32 mb on my machine
at
> > work. It's a bit sluggish sometimes, but it works pretty well. Having
played
> > around with my new (new to me...used parts machine <G>) dual-PPro 200
with
> > 198 MB RAM, I can tell THAT machine is going to SCREAM! :-) RAM *does*
help,
> > but you can run an X-client is 32 mb or less of ram, it'll just be
> > SLOOOOOOWWWWW!!!
>
> Alot of that has to do with KDE grabbing such a huge chunk of memory.
> Using something like fvwm or WindowMaker or AfterStep will do alot in
> speeding up your work in X with a smaller memory system.
>
> There's not alot that's changed in X over the years, and my first Linux
> experiences were on a 8M system.
>
> > > Hi eveyone.
> > >
> > > I just picked up a copy of Mandrake 6 on CD Rom on front of magazine
> > whilst
> > > I was on holiday in France ( I live in England).
> > >
> > > Managed, eventually, to install it on my back-up computer - the only
> > > instructions I had were in French.
> > >
> > > I'm 64 and have only been computing for about 7 years so my learning
curve
> > > has to be steep. Had some fun setting up KDE but it's now functioning.
It
> > > has Netscape 4.6 installed but everytime I try to run it the HD grinds
> > away
> > > and nothing much else happens. I've seen a suggestion that I need 64
meg
> > ram
> > > to run effectively. Can anyone confirm this and also suggest any good
> > > literature.
> > >
> > >
> > > John the Nadger
> > >
> > > A nadger a day keeps the gaunties away
> > >
> > > http://www.goon.freeuk.com
> > >
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corp.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
