On 19 February 2010 11:36, Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > First some info: > I have an old Acer Travelmate 529ATX with 512Mb RAM(its max). It has a > P111 (coppermine) about 900 MHz and a 120GB HDD. At the moment I am > running PCLinuxOS and dual booting with XP. > I have given Linux a 10GB file system drive and a 60GB home drive with a > 1GB swap. > > Now question or two: > 1. Is this notebook good enough for the tutorial? > > 2. If it is, can anyone recommend a distribution/desktop/setup that > would be considerably faster than PCLinuxOS/Gnome? > > 3. If this notebook is too low in spec, what would you recommend as an > inexpensive replacement for the tutorial?
I believe the rule of thumb is that you should be fine if you can run TuxRacer or some simple 3D game. -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
