[EMAIL PROTECTED] 写于 2006-11-07 01:09:04: > Unfortunatley we have a bad regression since dapper. The liveCD will > not function properly > with 128M of RAM and no swap. This I only noticed in qemu and > wrongly assumed (hoped) it's > specific to it, but we get bugreports confirming it on real machines. > This sadly makes xubuntu lose one of its selling points :( I have no > idea what causes the extra memory > use, it may be system-tools-backend which use perl, but I don't knowfor sure. > > Jani--
To be honest, I don't think that 'low memory consumption' could be a selling point of xubuntu in the long run. The "really low memory consumption" Linux is Damn-Small Linux (a.k.a. DSL), which requires 64M memory, the live cd is less than 200M and it uses debian package system. if you tried it you'll be amazed how complete it is. I have to admit that future Linux for computers with 128M should be DSL. The "Xfce-based ubuntu", in my opinion is the most beautiful ubuntu, it has the selling point of "elegant design" and "elegant feel". As an OS should be feature rich, I would not choose an elegant OS if it lacks certain functionality. So, please, add the useful functionalities to Xubuntu and be glad with it. [] Some story just like this: suppose two guys Tom and Mike have two different company, both are making cars that sells $1000. Tom's thinking how to makes cars that sells $800 or even less. However, Mike's thinking he should make cars that sell $2000+. Several years later, Mike has a big company and be a sucessful man, while Tom has a poor end... [] Lessons for that: if Xubuntu always tries to be a "low-memory-consumption" alternative to ubuntu, it will always be an alternative, always be the second choice. But why not replace the "gnome-based" ubuntu at all? why not make xubuntu the default choice for some users? It is much more important to make xubuntu "beautiful ui and elegant design" than to keep it small. Of course, that's just my 2 cents. -- Sincerely, Pan, Shi Zhu. ext: 2606 -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
