Re: Options For Installing Fedora To Older Laptop

akonstam_at_trinity.edu
Date: 01/30/05

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    > I don't think you will have any problem installing FC-3
    > if you put in a new disk.
    > 192MB RAM is plenty for this purpose.
    >
    > Also I didn't notice FC-3 was any slower than FC-2;
    > Has someone said it is?
    >
    > I'm running FC-3 now on a Sony C1VFK Picturebook with 128MB RAM.
    > (It used to have 256MB, but the extra memory has failed.)
    > This has a Crusoe 660MHz processor.
    >
    > I'm also running FC-3 on a 300MHz Pentium II desktop with 128MB RAM.
    > I had no problem installing FC-3, but I must admit X is rather slow.
    >
    > Both machines have plenty of disk-space.
    > (I installed a 60GB drive in my Picturebook.)
    >
    I don't know if FC3 is slower than FC-2 but they are both pretty slow
    on a 128M RAM machine. X is certainly slow. But how about Open Office,
    and firefox speed of opening. etc, etc, and so forth. The swapping
    alone can torment you endlessly. 

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