> > While I am not personally interested, at the Clinic we quite often are > faced with a newbie wanting to install Linux on a computer with limited > resources, e.g., < 256 MB RAM, hard disk with only 4 GB, and so on. > When faced with such a scenario we usually whip out a live CD for > Xubuntu, although occasionally Puppy and DSL have their day. If Lubuntu > is a viable alternative, I'd like to know. > > You could also check out Fluxbuntu for older, limited resource machines as it can run on a system with only a 300 MHz CPU and 64 MB of RAM.
It uses truly lower resource intensive apps such as: Kazehakase browser Sylpheed-Claws email app. http://www.fluxbuntu.org/js.html# The downsides are: Linux newbies might struggle with using the Fluxbox window manager as it's not anything like Gnome or KDE desktop. It looks like the latest stable ver. is 7.x, so they're a bit behind on the dev curve. Also since it probably has a much smaller user community, getting help when you need it might be a bit harder... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
