Re: Linux for slightly slower machine.


Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc Adam <amccarthy@xxxxxxxxx>:

128MB RAM

As others pointed out, this is nothing if you want to run KDE.
Only distro I found being able to handle KDE 3 well on a
PII-350/196MB RAM is Debian Sarge, which works astonishing fast
on the box.

I find Debian Sarge runs KDE acceptably on 128megs
of RAM. Turning off special effects helps immensely, the
big one being turning off font anti-aliasing.

However, at 128megs or less I prefer using IceWM.

Isaac Kuo

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