[Klug-general] low RAM

klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com klug-mail at richayres2.plus.com
Mon Feb 28 15:12:47 UTC 2011


Call that low RAM! :) I have it really tough. An ancient laptop running
with 32M of RAM. on Tiny core linux it  has a lot of useful programmes
easily installed out of the box.
 You can get a live CD to try without commitment.
  Hope this may be of use
      Rich

wiki.tinycorelinux.com/

> Or for something completely different, try PCLinuxOS. Never known it
> fail an installation yet and it has everything you need.
>
> But if you are nailed to Gnome then it will be different as it has KDE
> as the default desktop manager. But you do get a clickable script to
> install the latest LibreOffice instead of OOo so it might not stretch
> your laptop resources quite so much.
>
> PCLOS has answered all my Linux requirements for several years now.
>
> MikeR
>
> On 27/02/11 13:26, Dan Attwood wrote:gui
>> Hi there have you tried it with ubuntu 10.04? 10.04 is the latest Long
>> Term Support release so this is the one to go with over 9.10.
>>
>> Failing that if you don't mind reinstalling in about a year try ubuntu
>> 10.10.
>>
>> Failing that take a look here:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UniChrome  and here:
>> http://samiux.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/howto-via-s3-unichrome-pro-problems-fixed-on-ubuntu-9-04/
>> and
>> get ready to get down and dirty with xorg.conf
>>
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