On Sunday 30 August 2009 22:26:50 jwminer at accessvt.com wrote: > Asif wrote: > > I have a system with 1.7GHz Celeron processor and 256MB RAM. Most > > current distros are too heavy. Can you recommend any distro that is > > light and fast and that can be used to run Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, > > Blender, etc? I have been browsing for a light Linux distro and > > http://www.elivecd.org/ seems fast and light enough to me. But I > > know > > Scribus' requirement of QT. I would be thankful if you could suggest > > such a distribution to me (and possibly others?) on this list. > > > > My main requirements are Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, C/C++ development, > > Internet browsing, emailing, downloading, etc. I am not very keen on > > watching movies and listening to audio/music/songs. So my > > requirements > > are really simple. > > Nobody has mentioned VectorLinux. I am running VectorLinux 6 > Standard and VectorLinux 6 Light on three computers. On all of them > I have Scribus, Gimp, and Inkscape. Blender is in the repositories > but I don't have it installed. The system is set up for C/C++ > development and Firefox and Opera are included. VectorLinux is based > on Slackware. > > Scribus has always run for me with no problems. The same is true for > Gimp and Inkscape. Installing packages is very easy with slapt- get > and Gslapt, which pull down dependencies for properly made packages. > User support is excellent with a very friendly and helpful user > support forum. > > The ISO fits on one CD. If you want something that's not in the ISO, > you can download from the repositories. > > VectorLinux 6 Light uses IceWM or JWM as window managers. IceWM is > the default. It is very light on resources and very customizable, > though you do it through text files. I installed VL 6 Light on my > 11-year-old grandson's laptop, a 1.8 GHz Celeron with 256 megs of > RAM. It performs well for browsing with Firefox, but I didn't > install Gimp, Scribus, or Inkscape. For sure, I'd strongly recommend > you add RAM no matter what distro you go with because otherwise > you'll be hitting the swap file all the time and that slows things > down markedly. > > VectorLinux 6 Standard uses XFce or LXDE as desktop environments. I > have Gimp, Inkscape, and Scribus running in VL6 Standard under XFce > on a 1.3 GHz Celeron with 1 gig of RAM. They run well. I have > Scribus, Gimp, and Inkscape under VL6 Light on a laptop with a 2 GHz > Mobile Celeron and 512 megs of RAM. I have no complaints about > performance. It would be better with more RAM but the programs are > usable with 512. > > You can download the ISOs here: > http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-6.0/iso-release/ > > Note that the LiveCD for VL6 Light isn't really intended to be > installed on your hard drive, though it's possible and an installer > is included. It is more to give you an idea of the look and feel or > for portability when you'll be using a computer not your own and > can be used for repair purposes, as is often the case with LiveCDs. > --Judy M. > USA > > > Registered Linux User #397786 > Being productive with VectorLinux 6.0 Standard, Deluxe Edition > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
My solution: systemax no os computer from Tiger Direct, 3 gigs memory, dual processor, 250 gig hard drive, less than $300. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
