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From: Mike Easter on 2 Nov 2009 23:03 Snuhwolf wrote: > I thought PCLinuxOS was a lighterweight distro.. No. Rec hardware suggests 1G ram for the generic, minimum 256. I wouldn't try to run a KDE distro on 256. There's a PCLOS w/ lxde that ought to be a lot lighter. Also an E-17 one. lxde would be lightest; e-17 weight would comparable to xfce which there is also a pclos xfce. -- Mike Easter
From: Whiskers on 3 Nov 2009 07:41 On 2009-11-03, §ñühŵő£f <snuhwolf(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "Ivan Marsh" <ivanmarsh(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message [...] > Nope. Funky minimum system requirements. Seem clear enough <http://pclinuxos.com/?page_id=2>. > I checked the media on this HP > laptop thats only two years old. > Booted just fine. > It wouldnt boot on my Pentium M 1400mhz 256mb ram Dell laptop without > hanging. Same with my P III 800mhz > Dell desktop. The users' web forum might have some help to offer. It's possible the 'Live CD' isn't coping with some aspect of the hardware which a proper installation process would handle OK. > I thought PCLinuxOS was a lighterweight distro...guess they're shooting > for newer hardware. > Bummer. PCLinuxOS is a 'fork' of Mandriva (back when it was Mandrake). No lightweight! -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~
From: �n�hw��f on 3 Nov 2009 10:30 "Mike Easter" <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> pinched out a steaming pile of news:7l9oc3F3c12c7U1(a)mid.individual.net: > Snuhwolf wrote: > >> I thought PCLinuxOS was a lighterweight distro.. > > No. Rec hardware suggests 1G ram for the generic, minimum 256. I > wouldn't try to run a KDE distro on 256. > > There's a PCLOS w/ lxde that ought to be a lot lighter. Also an E-17 > one. lxde would be lightest; e-17 weight would comparable to xfce > which there is also a pclos xfce. > > Figures. I went with my second choice instead of trying nUbuntu which is fluxbox based. -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COaoYqkpkUA cageprisoners.com|www.snuhwolf.9f.com|www.eyeonpalin.org _____ ____ ____ __ /\_/\ __ _ ______ _____ / __/ |/ / / / / // // . . \\ \ |\ | / __ \ \ \ __\ _\ \/ / /_/ / _ / \ / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\ _\ /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/ \_@_/ \__|\__|\____/\____\_\
From: Aardvark on 4 Nov 2009 08:56 On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:24:27 +0000, ~BD~ wrote: > Tell me - what do you mean when you say "word"? It's a hip-hop way of stating that what one has just said is incontrovertible truth. Word. -- Elmo McElroy: If I wanted cuisine, I'd have gone to Paris Felix DeSouza: You can still go to France. It's full of pricks. They hate Yanks too. Do you fancy a bite, or what? Elmo Mc Elroy: Yeah, all right.
From: ~BD~ on 4 Nov 2009 09:09
Aardvark wrote: > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:24:27 +0000, ~BD~ wrote: > >> Tell me - what do you mean when you say "word"? > > It's a hip-hop way of stating that what one has just said is > incontrovertible truth. > > Word. You are probably right. but after reading here http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word I'd feel better informed if folk used the English language properly so that there would be no doubt about what was meant - init? ;) |