Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu
I have an instance of Zenix (Debian Based) that runs on 70MB RAM using my Virtual Machine. Whether the Developer could actually squeeze another 20MB out of it and retain good functionality is something I can ask, but doubt. It is already a pretty slim system! If anyone would like to have a try with it, it is available for download from http://zenix-os.net/download.html Regards, Phill. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Yorvyk wrote: > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:10:23 +0200 > Julien Lavergne wrote: > > > Le Monday 04 July 2011 à 18:48 -0400, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a > > écrit : > > > Question to the devs: do you think that maybe one day the > > > optimizations could make a nice and usable system (say "Lubuntu") > > > running with the requeriments that Win98 did? I'm talking about less > > > that 150Mhz and less than 50Mb Ram... > > > > For the 50 Mb of RAM, maybe not "out-of-the-box", but maybe in the > > futur, when it will be easier to disable more services, and with some > > optimizations. And of course, if nothing from the outside add more > > weight :) But for now, we are just trying to maintain the actual > > situation :) > > > > For the 150 MHz, difficult to say, it's really ... slow and old :) I had > > this type of computer when I was a kid :) > > > I only had a 1.25MHz CPU and 768 bytes of RAM in my computer as a kid. :) > > I would say a 300MHz CPU and 128 KiB of RAM is a more realistic lower > limit, i.e. machines from earlier this century. For machines from the > previous century I would suggest looking at TinyCore [1], or something like > FreeDOS [2] and GEM [3]. > > [1] http://www.tinycorelinux.com > [2] http://www.freedos.org/ > [3] http://www.deltasoft.com/ > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu
On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:10:23 +0200 Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le Monday 04 July 2011 à 18:48 -0400, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a > écrit : > > Question to the devs: do you think that maybe one day the > > optimizations could make a nice and usable system (say "Lubuntu") > > running with the requeriments that Win98 did? I'm talking about less > > that 150Mhz and less than 50Mb Ram... > > For the 50 Mb of RAM, maybe not "out-of-the-box", but maybe in the > futur, when it will be easier to disable more services, and with some > optimizations. And of course, if nothing from the outside add more > weight :) But for now, we are just trying to maintain the actual > situation :) > > For the 150 MHz, difficult to say, it's really ... slow and old :) I had > this type of computer when I was a kid :) > I only had a 1.25MHz CPU and 768 bytes of RAM in my computer as a kid. :) I would say a 300MHz CPU and 128 KiB of RAM is a more realistic lower limit, i.e. machines from earlier this century. For machines from the previous century I would suggest looking at TinyCore [1], or something like FreeDOS [2] and GEM [3]. [1] http://www.tinycorelinux.com [2] http://www.freedos.org/ [3] http://www.deltasoft.com/ -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu
Le Monday 04 July 2011 à 18:48 -0400, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset a écrit : > Question to the devs: do you think that maybe one day the > optimizations could make a nice and usable system (say "Lubuntu") > running with the requeriments that Win98 did? I'm talking about less > that 150Mhz and less than 50Mb Ram... For the 50 Mb of RAM, maybe not "out-of-the-box", but maybe in the futur, when it will be easier to disable more services, and with some optimizations. And of course, if nothing from the outside add more weight :) But for now, we are just trying to maintain the actual situation :) For the 150 MHz, difficult to say, it's really ... slow and old :) I had this type of computer when I was a kid :) Regards, Julien Lavergne ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu
> > my daughters boyfriend has a 700 mhz compaq laptop with 256 ram running > lubuntu can anyone go lower than that My main machine before the hardware upgrade was like that one. After an upgrade to that laptop, i enjoyed time to install Lubuntu on an old Pentium 2 (266Mhz & 256Ram) and on a AMD-K6 100MHZ * 5.5X with the same Ram. Every install was made painless without any hack or "weird" stuff. Results? (for Lubuntu 10.04) - My Laptop runs better than ever (really, is like having a powerfull machine :) - The Pentium 2 runs quite nice (just a little bit slower than Windows 98 on the same machine :) - The AMD-K6 runs functionally, much slower than Win98 on the same machine though... i think it's due to it's video card (Sis 530 of 2Mb) (Note: in this machine, i've been able to run a system with 52Mb Ram used :) I have one machine more to make it run: a Pentium 1 laptop, 166Mhz (or less...) & 24Mb Ram... the day i could use anything else than Win98 on that, i will be the happiest man in the world, and i'm hoping that one day Lubuntu could make that possible since it's (from far) my favourite distro :) (and the more "lightweight & complete & functional" out there) Question to the devs: do you *think* that maybe one day the optimizations could make a nice and usable system (say "Lubuntu") running with the requeriments that Win98 did? I'm talking about less that 150Mhz and less than 50Mb Ram... Hope it offenses no one that i'm comparing Lubuntu requeriments with Win98 ones... ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 700 mhz laptop with 256 ram running lubuntu
Good to know for our personal "benchmarks". There're distros aimed to be really minimal, like Slitaz, but they don't provide software collection that Lubuntu does. And, obviously, the desktop is less usable and user-friendly. Thank you very much. -- Go to rafaellaguna.com Go to Lubuntu.net <><><>___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
