Low configuration

[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

Allan Valeriano wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a friend who is running the Windows XP on a 128MB RAM & 10Gb HD
> computer, but she's having real problems with that (of course) and
> wants to get rid of windows.
> As she cannot afford to upgrade her computer right now, I suggested
> her to install linux there, but after checking the minimum
> configurations for Ubuntu (256MB RAM & 4Gb HD) I had to look after
> another choice. Well, I've found Xubuntu, which requires 128Mb RAM &
> 1.5GB HD.
> 
> I'd like to know if 128Mb RAM will be too bad for her to run Xubuntu
> or not. I know it's going to be faster than running Windows XP for

First, if you decide to go with Xubuntu download and burn the alternate
install CD. It will save you having to do it if the "Desktop" install
fails like it surely will. And as SteVe Cook said, if the install
process seems to stall just let it sit for a while. ;)

I've got Xubuntu 7.04 running in 128MB on an AMD K7 600 "spare" machine
right now, installed to a 20GB drive. It's a sort of combination backup
Internet terminal and my home network's streaming music server (running
gnump3d with files on a second 80GB drive, also an NFS share). And of
course sshd is running for administrative purposes.

Oddly enough I inherited the machine from a friend who ran XP Pro on
it. It was more or less "payment" for trying to keep it running a 98
to XP upgrade in some sort of acceptable fashion for two years before he
finally got so frustrated with the performance he went out and bought
something with a little more horsepower. ;)

My main machine is a 6 month old dual core Pentium laptop with a Gig of
RAM, and even with NFS/gnump3d/sshd running full time I don't find the
K7 all that horrible to sit behind. Certainly nothing like it was when
it ran XP. No comparison.

As long as you have realistic expectations regarding open programs and
stay out of the swap partition as much as possible, 128MB is completely
satisfactory IMHO. And as far as drive space goes, Xubuntu as I
have it set up consumes 1.9GB or 11% of the ~19GB drive space left over
after default partitioning with a 365MB swap I believe. That would be
something to consider I suppose, especially if one starts dabbling in
MP3's. ;)

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