[Wolves] how low can Linux go?

[baza]

Simon Burke wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:35:11 +0000, baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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>>As part of this community project I'm working on we want to install
>>Linux (Ubuntu) on donated PC's. This is to save the Microsoft licence fee.
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>>An issue we need to work out is what is the MINIMUM speck Linux will run
>>on, using Gnome? Most of the business donated PC's are running 64meg
>>ram, which I figure is way to small. But to keep costs down we don't
>>really want to have to convert them into 'Uber Boxs' to run Linux.
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>>So, what is the smallest hard drive and RAM we can get away with?
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>It depends what you want installed on them. If you just want a basic
>graphical system, (ie office, browser, e-mail, you could do it with a
>2 or 3 gb disk and im guessing at around 128MB RAM (96Mb at a push)
>would allow you to run it ok as long as you dont use gnome/kde and
>stick to something lighter (ie Xfce/fluxbox)
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We really need a, nice, GUI. These PC's are to go to people with no IT 
skills. So, with Gnome, how low can we go? We want to ship them with 
Open Office and Firefox installed.

Baza