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Old 06-17-2005, 03:55 AM   #1
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Question low memory requirements

what ditrubutions would you guys suggest to run if i wanted to have a nice gui, like fluxbox or gnome running, and still do all the other fun things on my box. i've only got 128mb RAM

i'm just looking for a distro which aint gonna put to much strain on my memory. i'm running FC3 at the mo with gnome its allright but i cant help feeling that something would run a bit faster if it didnt want so much memory to use.
 
Old 06-17-2005, 04:09 AM   #2
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i use slackware and xfce4 which runs very fast on my 256mb of RAM. I'm sure it would run equally fast on your system.
 
Old 06-17-2005, 07:04 AM   #3
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Try Damn Small Linux.
 
Old 06-20-2005, 11:34 PM   #4
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with only 128MB any distro you choose will feel the effects of GNOME...

i can second ingvildr's suggestion:

i'm happily using Fluxbox and XFCE on a 128MB slackware box right now...
 
Old 06-20-2005, 11:49 PM   #5
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I've got Debian running KDE one a p3 800 with 128 RAM... Sure it's not the fastest thing in the world, but XP seems to be just as sluggish.
 
  


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