Alternative WM on Xubuntu? or other lightweight distro?

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 10 03:31:49 UTC 2008


P3 is okey, but 128MB is not.  If you have old rams lying about, then put them in.  If not, throw it away.
--William


--- On Sun, 11/9/08, John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Alternative WM on Xubuntu? or other lightweight distro?
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Received: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 9:59 PM
> Walter Dnes wrote:
> >     The other
> > is a P3.  I know from personal experimentation that a
> P3 with 128 megs
> > of ram is *NOT* up to handling even Xubuntu.
> > 
> >   
>  You might have a look at antiX which is a version of Mepis
> designed specifically for older hardware and lower ram.
> Here's the link to its wiki page:
> 
> http://antix.mepis.org/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> HTH
> 
> John
> 
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