[PLUG] Re: Distros for a 1.66 GHZ, 128 MB RAM machine (Aneesh Mulye)

Ameet Gholap amitrgholap at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 21:47:01 IST 2007


2007/7/19, Udayraj <udayrajb at gmail.com>:
>
> Hello Aneesh
>
>
> So far, I've narrowed the selection down to Puppy Linux and Xubuntu. Does
> > anyone have any experience with either? If so, which would be better
> > suited
> > to the given hardware?
>
>
> I am using Xubuntu since few months, it works fine on my 256 MB/1.8 Gz
> laptop [ except 3D accleration because of SiS card].
>
> If you looking for a still lighter linux, with all
> media/office/internet/drivers you may try Zenwalk [ http://www.zenwalk.org]
>
> OR
> Dreamlinux [http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/index.html] .
>
> Zenwalk is Slackware based, and Dreamlinux is Debian based.
>
> The good thing about both of them is that they run XFCE desktop, and
> support



Thus I think any distro with xfce would do.
So then better to go for distro with large developer and community base.
So I recommend xubuntu.

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~A.
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