Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 10:13 -0700, > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > FWIW, usually for a "typical" install from CDs, you > only need the > > first two (or three), not the whole set. > > I used to find that was promised (as in, if you picked the > minimal > install opt

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-23 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 10:13 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > FWIW, usually for a "typical" install from CDs, you only need the > first two (or three), not the whole set. I used to find that was promised (as in, if you picked the minimal install option), but then you'd need one file from one, or more

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-23 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 08/22/2010 11:03 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun August 22 2010, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> Well, Fedora 13 works quite well on my old Pentium III w/ 512MB RAM. >> >> However, I am using GNOME instead of KDE, which might make a difference. >> >> Ralf > > you might want to try xfce.. even light

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > >> I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB > >> RAM, > >> which I seldom use. > >> (It is kept in a holiday location.) > >> > >> It is currently running Fedora-10, > >> which probably shows when it was last used. > >> I tried insta

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-23 Thread Timothy Murphy
Patrick Bartek wrote: >> I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB >> RAM, >> which I seldom use. >> (It is kept in a holiday location.) >> >> It is currently running Fedora-10, >> which probably shows when it was last used. >> I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, >> and was a bit surprised

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-22 Thread Ken
On Saturday 21 August 2010 04:02:41 Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB RAM, > which I seldom use. > (It is kept in a holiday location.) > > It is currently running Fedora-10, > which probably shows when it was last used. > I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, > a

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-22 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun August 22 2010, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Well, Fedora 13 works quite well on my old Pentium III w/ 512MB RAM. > > However, I am using GNOME instead of KDE, which might make a difference. > > Ralf you might want to try xfce.. even lighter, but still full-featured menus.. -- Paul Cartwright

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-21 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 08/21/2010 01:02 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB RAM, > which I seldom use. > (It is kept in a holiday location.) > > It is currently running Fedora-10, > which probably shows when it was last used. > I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, > and was a bit

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-21 Thread James McKenzie
Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB RAM, > which I seldom use. > (It is kept in a holiday location.) > > It is currently running Fedora-10, > which probably shows when it was last used. > I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, > and was a bit surprised to find that

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-21 Thread Jason Viloria
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > --- On Sat, 8/21/10, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > > I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB > > RAM, > > which I seldom use. > > (It is kept in a holiday location.) > > > > It is currently running Fedora-10, > > which probably shows when it was last

Re: Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
--- On Sat, 8/21/10, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB > RAM, > which I seldom use. > (It is kept in a holiday location.) > > It is currently running Fedora-10, > which probably shows when it was last used. > I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, > and was a b

Upgrade with little RAM

2010-08-21 Thread Timothy Murphy
I have a Thinkpad T23 with 512MB RAM, which I seldom use. (It is kept in a holiday location.) It is currently running Fedora-10, which probably shows when it was last used. I tried installing Fedora-13 from the KDE Live CD, and was a bit surprised to find that it started up OK, but then just hung.