I had a similar configuration (celeron 1.1 ghz, 256 MB) sometime back. I installed ubuntu 7.1. All works fine but X server (very slow response) . top showed overloaded cpu usage with X. If you use it only for dev using emacs, you can live with it.
Regards Guriz On 08/08/2009, Navin Kabra <[email protected]> wrote: >> I should have mentioned that the primary use would be development. > > Chetan, > I use slicehost virtual private server to host some of my websites, > and it has a similar configuration (256MB RAM). This might not be an > apples-to-apples comparison because CPU that I'm guaranteed is likely > to be better than your CPU. > > In any case, I am able to do a reasonable amount of development (and a > lot of deployment) using ubuntu-8.10 - but without the X part. So I > doing command-line and emacs. That's good enough for me, and it runs > very well with just 256 MB. > > So that is something you might consider trying. > > navin. > > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > -- Sent from my mobile device -------------------------------------------------------------- "Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."~ Earl Nightingale _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
