Hello, Just joined the group. I've been a Linux user since the late 90's and an Ubuntu user since 07. I've contributed to some bug reporting and pages on the help wiki.
At the moment I have AntiX on my Asus EeePC simply because Ubuntu was using too much memory. I had problems with Firefox maxing out the memory and hitting the swap very hard. Swap access is just way too slow on an Eee 701 with a slow SSD and 512mb of memory. Actually everything else seems to run fine with an Ubuntu installation ... except for the memory problem. I tried the other Ubuntu distro's like Lubuntu but they have the same problem (they are aimed more at the later Eee's). The general advice is to use a distro like AntiX, but I don't see why Ubuntu could not have a repository package that strips everything down - removes unnecessary kernel modules and other memory and space saving tactics. Don't know if I'm in the right place for that kind of development but I can do testing (boot on a live Ubuntu SSD?) and I can help in many other ways. Barney -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
