On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Andy Sy wrote: > Yes. Majority of Linux distros are now bigger resource > hogs than Windows XP. We have Windows XP machines facing
I guess the distro packagers should tweak the installation options. After all, it's easy to install a Red Hat workstation with a full GUI and tons of applications and still have it run well on a PIII with 128MB of RAM. I have a server with only 80MB of RAM and a Pentium 266. It has RH9 and it can run XFce as its GUI. It does quite well. By the way, Fedora Core 2 has XFce bundled in so you don't have to use GNOME or KDE. I've installed it in an Athlon 850 with 128MB of RAM. Runs just as well as WinXP. Linux has made great strides as a desktop client. I've used it. I've seen others use it. It CAN beat Windows. And when it's used in an LTSP setup, it's even better for the clients. Yes, the fat is there, but we don't have to install it. All the packagers (like Red Hat) need to do is add another "Desktop" option that's a bit lighter for older machines. God bless! -- Sign the petition against Senator Lacson: http://www.petitiononline.com/no2ping/petition.html --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member: Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications "Affordable Access for All" --[Open Minds Philippines]--------------------[openminds.linux.org.ph]-- -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
