Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-16 Thread Damien Mc Kenna
Hi John Aldrich ! On 11/14/99 8:05:30 PM, you wrote: > Everything but the RAM is sufficient. 32 mb RAM is BARELY sufficient. > I'd double that, especially if you plan on running KDE as your window > manager. That's a real memory hog and it's the default window manager > in Mandrake. I'd say that

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread Damien Mc Kenna
Hi John Aldrich ! On 11/14/99 8:05:30 PM, you wrote: > Everything but the RAM is sufficient. 32 mb RAM is BARELY sufficient. > I'd double that, especially if you plan on running KDE as your window > manager. That's a real memory hog and it's the default window manager > in Mandrake. I'd say that

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread Sean Armstrong
Try Blackbox at : blackbox.alug.org This is the fastest most dependable GUI out there. SA -Original Message- From: George W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Is Gnome (for give spelling if incorrect), less of a memory hog > than KDE? > Not really. It's still very much a "pretty" GUI. For a less memory-intensive GUI, try FVWM or something like that. John

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > John, > > I am currently using KDE and am rather pleased with the results. Admittedly > I am still trying to get used to linux but so far I'm happy. Yes I use > Netscape but with my ISDN line I don't really notice much in the way of > delay, come to think of

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread Peter Sadowski
I have P160, 16MB RAM, 1G HD, with Mandrake 6.1 installed on it... Works fine... XServer loads a bit slow, but still better than I thought it would be. Peter --- Pablo Monti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More than enough. Maybe you should increase the RAM > size, but i suppose > Mandrake 6.1 wor

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread yacketta
(bcc: Ronald A. Yacketta/958157/EKC) Subject: Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question. Is Gnome (for give spelling if incorrect), less of a memory hog than KDE? George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If u want to run Mandrake at least alloccate 1.2 Gb of disk > space for > custom, server, w

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread George W.
Is Gnome (for give spelling if incorrect), less of a memory hog than KDE? George --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If u want to run Mandrake at least alloccate 1.2 Gb of disk > space for > custom, server, workstation and select the option install > everything. > > > Clyde > > > At 08:05 PM 11/1

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-15 Thread Pablo Monti
More than enough. Maybe you should increase the RAM size, but i suppose Mandrake 6.1 works on that configuration Pablo Monti Buenos Aires, Argentina - Original Message - From: Johan Hesselbäck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 11:41 AM Subject: [n

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-14 Thread clyde
If u want to run Mandrake at least alloccate 1.2 Gb of disk space for custom, server, workstation and select the option install everything. Clyde At 08:05 PM 11/14/99 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote: >> Hi all, >> I´m very new to linux. Well, i havn´t really used Linux at all

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Hi all, > I´m very new to linux. Well, i havn´t really used Linux at all. > Thats my question. > I have a old computer that i want to run linux on the specs are: > Pentium 120 > 32MB RAM > 1 gig hd > is that enough to run e.g. Mandrake 6.1 > Everything but the RAM

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > I have a K6-2 350 with 32Mb RAM and the thing runs great - OK, I still > only use it for internet browsing and Email but so I haven't needed to > add more RAM. You might however consider adding some more hard drive > though. > Which window manager are you usin

Re: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-14 Thread Geoff Harris
Yep , sure is. You'll be close on HD space though. I have 6.1 on a 1.2 gig and have about 250 mb left. - Original Message - From: Johan Hesselbäck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 5:41 AM Subject: [newbie] A real Newbie Question. > Hi all, > I

RE: [newbie] A real Newbie Question.

1999-11-14 Thread Gregory D. Fox
I am running Linux 6.0 on a Pent. 120 24 Meg of ram 1.2 & 1.7 GB Hds It runs great as far as performance. That's the beauty of Linux. Gregory D. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Liberty Computer Solutions/Liberty Marketing Web Site Hosting and Design <>< <>< <>< <><