A Taste of Peppermint

[Janne Jokitalo]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 06:32:40AM -0400, Michael Haney wrote:
> I've come to the conclusion that Ubuntu is starting to become a bit
> too much for my aging desktop to handle.  Its go through a couple of
> motherboard changes over the years since I built it in 2004.
> 
> Here's the specs:
> CPU:  AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.2GHz
> Mobo:  PC-Chips K7
> RAM:  1GB PC2700
> GPU:  8x AGP Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 w/256MB DDR-RAM
> HDD: 160GB Maxtor, 80GB Hitachi
> Sound:  Sound Blaster Live 24-bit
> LAN:  10/100 Ethernet Realtek Adapter
> Optical:  Sony 16x DVD-RW
> 
> Ancient isn't it?

I've got a few boxen with similar specs. Awesome tools for testing new
distributions, and also application testing.

But for main workhorse? Depends on your usage. If there's lots of compiling,
graphics-heavy games etc., then yes.

<snip>

Thanks for the heads-up on Peppermint, will have to check it out one of these
days, when I get all those afore-mentioned boxen up and running again (recently
moved to a new house, and my study isn't ready yet.)


-- 
Jaska

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