GNU/Linux Advocacy

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Le Mardi, 20. Février 2007, Eric Dunbar a écrit :
> On 20/02/07, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Just wanted to share something with ya'all:
> >
> > It seems since Micro$oft came out with they're new Vista with the
> > outrageous minimum requirements, I am getting more and more inquires /
> > questions and requests for information on making the switch to the better
> > option: GNU/Linux.
> >
> > Of course I gladly answer and give out the CDs kindly provided by
> > Canonical.
> >
> > So, finally, is there a reason to *thank* Mr. Bill Gates?....
> >
> > :-)
>
> Perhaps so, but I find that Ubuntu GNOME is no much less of a memory
> hog (on the low-end machines) than Windows XP, and, compared to the
> earlier stable versions of Windows (NT 4 SP 6, 2K) it actually
> requires more resources to run well. Of course, if you're willing to
> go with a crippled GUI you can manage with fewer computing resources,
> but, then you're also sacrificing desktop functionality.

On the Ubuntu side, you can use Xubuntu with the Xfce windowmanager, this runs 
on very little RAM and is designe specially for older hardware.  A very nice 
way to run Linux on old computers.

BTW, I installed Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu on my laptop which allows me to 
show various desktops to people interested before installing on their 
computer. With enough RAM and HD space I bluntly install these three desktop 
managers and leave it to the users what they prefer. Something I always 
wanted to do is get some feedback from these people, I'm planing it right now 
so expect a post about it on this list soon :-)

Greets, Myriam

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