[Gllug] back on the linux front

[paul at ma1.se]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> - Tethys wrote:
>> Sadly, yes, it's now normal. A machine with 512MB or RAM will struggle
>> to run any of the bloated modern Linux desktops without swapping
>> heavily. 
> 
> Depends what you mean by "bloated".
> 
>> Your best bet is either to buy more RAM, or to ditch KDE in
>> favour of something more lightweight.
>>   
> 
> My work laptop has a gig of RAM.  I'm currently running Icedove, Firefox 
> with a dozen tabs open, xchat and 20 or so terminals all on top of KDE, 
> all from Debian (Lenny), of course.

I tend to use XFCE rather than KDE or Gnome on machines that are 
challenged in the CPU and memory departments.

I also tend to run VNC Server on a cheap old Dell Linux box and manage 
the XFCE Desktop from Windows XP.

regards


Paul Lee
www.ma1.se



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