I recently saw a suggestion for LUBUNTU as a lighterweight, but nearly full bodied distro. (Sounds like a coffee brew!) Larry Clemens On 12/24/2012 12:00 PM, tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org wrote: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? (Mike Miller) > 2. Re: only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? (Joel Longanecker) > 3. Re: only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? (Mike Miller) > 4. Re: only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? (Jason Hsu) > 5. Re: only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? (Michael Moore) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:48:48 -0600 (CST) > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> > To: TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: [tclug-list] only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1212232344400.30939 at taxa.psych.umn.edu> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > I'm visiting family in Ecuador. A student's laptop is unusable with Win > 7, and I see that Win 7 requires 2x as much memory as he has. Memory is > probably really pricey here. > > Ubuntu 12.10 says it requires 768 MB RAM. What can run well with only 495 > MB RAM? Does it have a good repository? > > I remember Jason Hsu's Swift Linux -- I suppose that fits the bill. What > else? > > Mike > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:51:31 -0600 > From: Joel Longanecker <joel.longanecker at gmail.com> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? > Message-ID: > <CAOusT--p72nA-QaqX+beJQ72Yuoovr1FVATBuF8bCsHQSEWsaw at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Puppy Linux? > On Dec 23, 2012 11:49 PM, "Mike Miller" <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm visiting family in Ecuador. A student's laptop is unusable with Win >> 7, and I see that Win 7 requires 2x as much memory as he has. Memory is >> probably really pricey here. >> >> Ubuntu 12.10 says it requires 768 MB RAM. What can run well with only 495 >> MB RAM? Does it have a good repository? >> >> I remember Jason Hsu's Swift Linux -- I suppose that fits the bill. What >> else? >> >> Mike >> ______________________________**_________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/**mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121223/03dfa6c0/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:52:54 -0600 (CST) > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> > To: TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1212232351360.30939 at taxa.psych.umn.edu> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2012, Mike Miller wrote: > >> I'm visiting family in Ecuador. A student's laptop is unusable with Win >> 7, and I see that Win 7 requires 2x as much memory as he has. Memory is >> probably really pricey here. >> >> Ubuntu 12.10 says it requires 768 MB RAM. What can run well with only >> 495 MB RAM? Does it have a good repository? >> >> I remember Jason Hsu's Swift Linux -- I suppose that fits the bill. >> What else? > > I forgot to add -- if it supports Spanish, that would help tremendously. > In fact, if it can't do Spanish, I think I'll have to find something else. > I don't know -- maybe all Linux distros are very language-friendly like > Ubuntu. > > Mike > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:22:24 -0600 > From: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] only 495 MB RAM -- what to install? > Message-ID: <20121224002224.95f27a0ecd7f2a91f3b2048e at jasonhsu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > For a first-time Linux user with only 495 MB of RAM, I recommend Puppy Linux, antiX Linux, or (maybe) Linux Mint Debian Edition. All three of these distros are well-established, user-friendly, and MUCH lighter than Ubuntu, which is now as heavy as Windows Vista/7. > > Puppy Linux has great codec/driver support and runs on computers as old as the Windows 98 era, but its software repository is small. Of course, this wouldn't be a concern for the average person on the street. (The average person on the street isn't using Ruby on Rails, Octave, etc.) > > antiX Linux runs on computers as old as the Windows 98 era and has a big software repository (fully Debian compatible), but it doesn't have the codec/driver support of Puppy Linux and Linux Mint. So this isn't the distro for playing DVDs. > > Linux Mint Debian Edition has a big software repository (fully Debian compatible) and has great codec/driver support but isn't as lightweight as Puppy Linux and antiX Linux. > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:48:48 -0600 (CST) > Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm visiting family in Ecuador. A student's laptop is unusable with Win >> 7, and I see that Win 7 requires 2x as much memory as he has. Memory is >> probably really pricey here. >> >> Ubuntu 12.10 says it requires 768 MB RAM. What can run well with only 495 >> MB RAM? Does it have a good repository? >> >> I remember Jason Hsu's Swift Linux -- I suppose that fits the bill. What >> else? >> >> Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >