You could also try Tiny Core Linux. http://www.tinycorelinux.com/ I haven't used it much myself, but I've heard it described as "the next Damn Small Linux".
On 5 April 2010 00:20, Greg Madden <gomadtr...@acsalaska.net> wrote: > On Sunday 04 April 2010 08:28:53 pm Tech Geek wrote: >> >You can try adding swap but I doubt it will help much as the disk is so >> > old >> >> and slow >> The hard drive is quite recent and supports up to UDMA2 speeds although I >> too think that adding swap space won't make a difference. >> >> >Adding another 128MB or 256MB of memory would probably help the most with >> >> that system >> Unfortunately there is no option to upgrade the memory on the system. Also >> I forgot to mention that it is a 800 MHz system: >> debian:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo >> processor : 0 >> vendor_id : Vortex86 SoC >> cpu family : 5 >> model : 2 >> model name : 05/02 >> stepping : 2 >> cpu MHz : 800.041 >> fdiv_bug : no >> hlt_bug : no >> f00f_bug : no >> coma_bug : no >> fpu : yes >> fpu_exception : yes >> cpuid level : 1 >> wp : yes >> flags : fpu tsc cx8 >> bogomips : 1600.08 >> clflush size : 32 >> cache_alignment : 32 >> address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual >> power management: >> >> Based on my specs (800 MHz CPU and 128 MB RAM) and [1], I still should be >> able to operate GNOME and some of the apps. However even opening gedit >> brings the system to crawl which is so surprising. I will add some swap and >> see if that makes a difference although I am not counting on it based on my >> past expereince. >> >> [1] http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.0/#performance > > XFCE, Fluxbox, et. al. are a better way to do a gui system with specs like > that > Don't install anything with 'Gnome' in the package name, or "K/KDE'. Apps > that > use GTK libraries without the Gnome stuff maybe. > > 'Damn Small Linux' does minimal installs., which are hard to duplicate with > more > mainstream distro's. > -- > Peace > > Greg Madden > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004042120.07318.gomadtr...@acsalaska.net > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/u2p77f417a21004042300o93d692cx184e90021a91e...@mail.gmail.com
