which distro would you think be great for me

baronobeefdip · 11-15-2009, 04:05 PM

give me the link when it does

and will this distro work on my old system

repo · 11-15-2009, 04:26 PM

Harware requirements for fedora 12

Minimum RAM for text-mode: 256 MiB
Minimum RAM for graphical: 384 MiB
Recommended RAM for graphical: 512 MiB

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/releas...e_Requirements

baronobeefdip · 11-15-2009, 06:26 PM

okay so thats not going to fly anything else

lampamp · 11-16-2009, 01:08 AM

go to this page in 2 days
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
and choose the LXDE
now it is still in beta phase but in 2 days it'll be released

mudangel · 11-16-2009, 07:58 AM

Slackware with Fluxbox would probably work.

baronobeefdip · 11-16-2009, 02:27 PM

okay i always wondered what slackware was and how many distros are based on slackware and as i can see that you use it yourself (this site has to say what os you have for some reason but its real cool)

as for fluxbox i have no idea on what that is but i guess i'll do more research

i found a distro called absolute linux will i be able to run openoffice, skype, and pidgin on it

lampamp · 11-16-2009, 03:45 PM

all distros run openoffice, skype, and pidgin
because all distros are based either on fedora or debian

repo · 11-16-2009, 04:07 PM

Quote:

will i be able to run openoffice

I don't think openoffice will run on 128 MB RAM

Quote:

256 Mbytes RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)

http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/s...s_reqs_30.html

linus72 · 11-16-2009, 04:14 PM

Try SalixOS, as I think its better than Absolute
Both SalixOS and Absolute are Slackware-13 based
SalixOS is more user-friendly I think and features XFCE desktop
while Absolute has Icewm desktop

Absolute might use less ram too

128mb ram is low, so firefox,etc will have a hard time of it

Tinycore may be a good choice too

A Minimal Debian install with openbox, fluxbox, etc would be OK
use Midori web browser too

mudangel · 11-16-2009, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lampamp

all distros are based either on fedora or debian

not ALL of them...

@baronobeefdip: Fluxbox is a window manager. Window managers use less resources than full desktops, so are sometimes preferable on machines with limited memory.

baronobeefdip · 11-16-2009, 07:39 PM

well obove all programs that i mentioned, openoffice and pidgin are what i am more worried about since my sis doesn't use skype but openoffice shouldn't take up alot of space and pidgin seems to use very minimal resources

lampamp · 11-17-2009, 03:23 AM

openoffice 3 needs 400mb of space
pidgin i think that it wont excede 10mb

mudangel · 11-17-2009, 08:48 AM

You might have trouble running openoffice with 128M RAM; it might work if you disable Java in OO.

baronobeefdip · 11-17-2009, 09:02 AM

makes sense but what about skype it only runs for a few seconds in puppy

baronobeefdip · 11-20-2009, 08:33 PM

hey guys i think i found something here

http://www.halterlein.net/misc/tech/..._thinkpad.html

as the page suggests the system specs of the persons machine are extremely similar to mine (except for the size of hard drive)