-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > On 19 February 2010 11:36, Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi All, >> First some info: >> I have an old Acer Travelmate 529ATX with 512Mb RAM(its max). It has a >> P111 (coppermine) about 900 MHz and a 120GB HDD. At the moment I am >> running PCLinuxOS and dual booting with XP. >> I have given Linux a 10GB file system drive and a 60GB home drive with a >> 1GB swap. >> >> Now question or two: >> 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? >> >> 2. If it is, can anyone recommend a distribution/desktop/setup that >> would be considerably faster than PCLinuxOS/Gnome? >> >> 3. If this notebook is too low in spec, what would you recommend as an >> inexpensive replacement for the tutorial? > > I believe the rule of thumb is that you should be fine if you can run > TuxRacer or some simple 3D game. > >
I tried to run extreme tux racer and it was too slow to be usable. I am running PCLinuxOS with Gnome. Would there be a better/faster setup I could use on this machine Or would it just be easier to get something a little newer with a gig or two of RAM? Heracles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuDZy0ACgkQybPcBAs9CE+9wwCeMLpdwk4QzkgsdhiZFkdEd0ky jFIAoMJTrhfybNJzITKoOH9XdWGW2lkH =vSAw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
