On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 08:34:36AM -0700, Monte Milanuk wrote:
Hi all,
I have been using Linux for a while (slackware 3.0, then skipped around btwn RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian,SuSE,
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My other concern is how much horsepower do I need to run it on a desktop? Right now my dedicated 'test' box that I don't have to share w/ the rest of the family is a Celeron 266 w/ 64MB RAM, onboard sound, onboard video (8MB ATI Rage), 3.2GB HD, etc. Supported, functionally, but would bumping up my RAM to 128 or even 256 make the system 'useable'? Right now, with this system, running RH 7.1 and XFCE 3.8.8, even Opera can cause it to really thrash for a while (I tend to have 5-10 windows open inside Opera at a time), and KDE2 was just horrid :(
Thanks in advance,
Monte
In general bump the RAM, especially while it is so cheap. Don't worry about it getting cold from under-use, just run netscape once in a while :) As for yast2 it will probably run like a legless dog. With yast1 you should be fine. KDE2 is another machine consumer built with zero regard for anyone running a low-power machine. WM's like windowmaker are much more suitable in this case. -- Regards Cliff