My Dell D600 is a P 1.3 GHz - currently with 768 MB RAM. Arch runs pretty nicely on it.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > I second Scott's mention of bloat. In the last year or so, I've been > unable to get any kind of performance from Mandriva on my laptop. I > switched to Arch, and it flys. Same goes with my desktop. It's bare Linux, > and you add all the goodies you want. Much more desirable than what the > Distro makers think you might want, or loading multiple alternatives to the > same program function. > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.nine > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> > <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> > <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> > > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 15:34, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> @ Roy - From all the headaches I've had with Ubuntu's bloat and hogging >> of resources, Arch is a breath of fresh air. To me it's every bit worth >> the effort... and it's teaching me more about my laptop than I ever knew >> before. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Funny. Phoronix tested Arch against Ubuntu and found little difference >>> in performance. That was when Maverick came out, but it makes you wonder if >>> Arch is worth all of the fuss. >>> >>> >>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_arch_faster&num=1 >>> >>> Roy >>> >>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit >>> Location: Canada >>> >>> >>> On 27 January 2012 15:15, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Arch is growing on me in leaps and bounds. Ubuntu was way too >>>> bloated... but it was the only OS that would run on my lappy with no >>>> serious issues. I will post a fix on the wiki if I get an answer. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Arch is awesome. I have it on my desktop and laptop now. I am very >>>>> pleased with it. I can't help with the Opera problem though, I don't use >>>>> it, just Chrome. If you do get a fix, might be a good idea to put it on >>>>> the >>>>> Arch wiki. >>>>> >>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.nine >>>>> >>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> >>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:15, Scott Vargovich <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I finally conquered my laptop issues with Arch!!! Don't ask me how I >>>>>> did it - all I can say is http://wiki.archlinux.org saved my bacon >>>>>> on more than a few occasions. I'm having an issue with flash only on >>>>>> Opera, which is the browser I really want to use. Flash works properly >>>>>> on >>>>>> Chromium. Here are the versions of flash and Opera I have installed: >>>>>> >>>>>> extra/flashplugin 11.1.102.55-1 >>>>>> community/opera 11.60-1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Any thoughts, ideas, questions, or comments??? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> -- >>>>>> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >>>>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>>>> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >>>>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>>>>> Users Group. >>>>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>>>> Users Group. >>>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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