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Ximian GNOME and "Low-End" Systems

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the user-mode dept.

Gremeth writes: "This article over at LinuxandMain points out the increase in hardware requirements for many Linux applications, and gives us a good look at GNOME for low-end boxes. Powell details his journey throug the Ximian GNOME experience, starting with the download and ending in some configuration issues. A good read for those of us who have older systems."

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  1. Linux & low spec machines by 56ker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I agree with the article - although my "low-end" machine is an even lower spec than theirs - 220MHz with 32Mgs RAM - I have a few hundred Megabytes of harddisk free and have yet to find any small version of Linux that I can actually get to work! Hopefully I'll have more luck with this distro!

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