Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
I use a desktop computer with only 256 MB RAM using essentially only X-Windows, fvwm, xterm, xpdf and firefox as graphics software. Since I prefer the command line, this works well with Trisquel GNU/Linux 4.01. As a software developer I don't need much graphics software. I'm really grateful for this wonderful free GNU/Linux distribution. ~ ~ ~
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
With 1GB GNU/Linux can become unstable depending on the desktop environment, software running it, etc. Unity/Gnome are both pushing it and swapping is occurring with 1GB of ram. You are definitely not able to take full advantage of the system with 1GB of ram any more. That said until you've opened so many windows that it crashes and locks up it probably still runs adequately. That's the one thing that amazes me about GNU/Linux. GNU/Linux doesn't become unbearable even when things are stretched to the breaking point. There is no doubt in my mind it would run better than trying to put Microsoft Windows 7 onto the system /w anti-virus and other bloated software (GNU/Linux has bloat although it isn't nearly as bad if you ask me).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
Something nobody ever seems to keep in mind when chatting about this topic is the target user one is talking about. When you start talking about this kind of stuff the user is key. The user and the software make a huge difference. For a developer that likes the terminal it is certainly possible to get away with terribly little in many cases. Not that this is always the case though as it does depend on the setup and what software one might be working with and how it is being compiled (offloaded etc). The majority though with a standard GNU/Linux setup tend not to need nearly as much ram as a similar setup running Microsoft Windows latest and greatest. It's a combination of bloat from defaults in driver installation discs for printers, anti-virus, and increased system demand from the main OS. There is also more sharing of code on GNU/Linux. Microsoft Windows application do share code too although it's not to the same degree. The current standard default setup for most distributions needs 2GB or the system will start swapping. Swapping is where the disk is used as ram and the disk is much slower. You don't want your system to swap. That will slow the system down. Modern swapping is a bit more complicated than this although the same basic idea applies. You need enough ram to avoid swapping being necessary (even if swapping occurs when it's not needed to speed the system up).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
You could use Trisquel mini.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
I can't wait to see how 6.0 turns out. Not only is it a 5 year LTS version, but Ruben and crew will have had more time to tweak the Gnome 3 codebase. 5.5 felt like I was using beta software and 6.0 should benefit from a later version of Gnome and Canonical's contributions to their 12.04 release.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
P.S.: In general the handling was a bit slow but I guess this is caused by the limited RAM of the maching (1 GB). Congrats for you success Holger. I use 1GB RAM but cannot notice any lag. It would help a lot if you name the operating system GNU as MagicBanana sugests because people will pay more attention to freedom just by naming it that way. Thanks for your support! -- Saludos libres, Quiliro Ordóñez Presidente Asociación de Software Libre del Ecuador - ASLE (593)2-253 5534 (593)2-340 1517 (593)9-675 9641 *temporalmente deshabilitado
Re: [Trisquel-users] Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)
It depends on the software although most GNU/Linux distributions do really need 2GB now. Unless you are still on a LTS release I wouldn't suggest less. Even with 2GB I wouldn't plan on upgrading for many more releases. :) Great to hear your daughter is taking a liking to free software.
