Am 2007-02-21 13:39:46, schrieb Matthew K Poer: > I have a Thinkpad 600: ~5.5 gig HDD, 196mb RAM, and a P2.
..and if you look in the header of my Messages you will find
something like <tp570.private....> :-) It is an IBM TP570,
P2/366 with 192 MB no CD a/Floppy, ultra light running Sarge
with fvwm, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Gaim, mutt...
> I use Debian Sarge, currently, and Gnome.
>
> KDE and Gnome both run, but a bit slow. If you want more responsiveness,
> try Xfce. Xfce 3.3 (Sarge) was really much faster on these low
> resources, but I use Gnome because it's easier to use, even though it
> takes approx 60 seconds to load after logging in via GDM.
:-)
> Now, I dig DSL for what it is: a quick, slick, bootable OS. But I prefer
> Debian if I'm installing to my HDD. There are more packages available,
> and you already have all of your GNU tools and such.
:-)
> The biggest problem with this computer is using OpenOffice, which is
> just slow on the resources given. Gnome Office apps open much more
> quickly.
If I am at customers, I have the need for OOo too, but is very rare.
> I love my old computer with Debian, and I wouldn't trade it for a slick
> Dell running XP or Vista any day.
=8<O
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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