I have xubuntu (xfce) running in 128mb of ram on a p3 600mhz laptop<br><br>works fine!<br><br><br><b><i>Paul Lancaster <paul_lancaster@blueyonder.co.uk></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Nistur Effee wrote:<br>> Much as I haven't tried all that much in terms of liveCDs, mainly LFS build disks, and I don't think they're suitable.<br>> I don't know whether you mean for purely demonstration purposes<br>yes - just to show that you can play games, and looks better than desktops.<br><br>> or to hand out but I think we should consider the reason that there are hundreds of different distros. Therefore there should be distros aimed at different audiences being offered.For example, much as I still dislike suggesting it, Ubuntu for people who just want to use a pc, no games or fancy business and wouldn't know a block device if it hit them in the face. Also, I'd then suggest
Puppy for lower end machines.<br>> <br>Believe it or not thats been exactly whats been said at the last couple <br>of meetings.<br><br>A vanilla desktop running Ubuntu and an old laptop running Puppy just to <br>show what can be easily done. with howto's on the web site to cover <br>setting up.<br>And a couple of fun machines - ie full 3d works (eg beryl) and a games m/c<br><br>> Anyway, that's my thoughts, take them or leave them. I should be there for the next meeting though :)<br>><br>> ---------------------------------------------------<br>> Signing out<br>> Nistur nistur@karate.com<br>><br>><br>> <br>Paul<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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