[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)

[holger . beetz]

Yes, true...it is GNU/Linux.

But in the end I think it is more important that I spent my little one a PC  
with a free GNU/Linux OS on it for playing her favorite MP3 files rather than  
a Windows 7 box, right ?



I think for a standard vanilla Trisquel 5.5 2GB of RAM are mandatory. The  
system I used is an old Shuttle SN41 barebone system with NForce2 chipset and  
an AMD Athlon 2800XP+ inside. This mainboard is pretty picky about RAM. I am  
happy that I had 2x512MB of DDR RAM which runs stable in dual channel mode  
inside this box.


For lower end desktop environment (e.g. XFCE, LXDE, OpenStep) 1 GB will be  
fine though. 

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Great usability of Trisquel 5.5 :)

[holger . beetz]

Shure, for basic things at console level may be even 128 MB will be fine but  
if you install Vanilla Trisquel 5.5 with Gnome 3 2D fallback, you will  
experience massive slowdowns with 1 GB of RAM, trust me...