Richard C. Steffens wrote: > My sister recently upgraded from an XP machine to a Mac. I got the > hand-me-down. I now have a test machine and plan to use it to try out > different distros. XP will not be one of them. > > One reason she got her new machine is that the old one runs so slowly. > Of course, XP is part of the problem, and who knows what mischievous > malware has found its way onto the hard drive (no, I'm not connecting it > to the house network until I wipe that drive and load Linux). > > Another reason it is slow is that it has only 256 MB of RAM. The mother > board has two memory slots with one DDR PC3200 stick in it. I can get a > 1 GB stick for $36. Will that be good enough? I realize that more is > usually better, but $36 is better than $72 for now. > > Other details: > > Processor: AMD Sempron 2400+, 1.6 GHz > Hard drive: 111 GB (can't see the make and model unless I take it out. > Floppy, CD writer/DVD reader. > > TIA for any advice. > > I have an old laptop with 256M. Plain Jane Ubuntu is slow as molasses, but Xbuntu is quite zippy.
My feeling is that 1G ought to be plenty. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
