That system is pretty small to run X. I used to have a system with
specs like that, and I got X to run but not with gnome or
kde. I think was running fvwm. Also don't
expect applications like Firefox or Thunderbird to run with that
much memory. I basically had a bunch of xterms and I ran console apps,
like mutt and lynx. <br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/14/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Randy Forston</b> <<a href="mailto:rforston@earthlink.net">rforston@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 3:03 PM<br>>Object: Next Question: Is it my lousy gerbil-powered computer?<br><br>>...get a message that I have "relatively little memory" (to say the<br>>least), and now the thing has hung permanently.
<br><br>>If I uninstall Win98 to free up some memory, and then *install* Ubuntu<br>>from the Install disk I burned, what do we think the chances are that it<br>>will load up and function properly?"<br><br>>If it matters, the aforesaid Gerbil XX1000 has
2.1 G hard drive, a<br>>blinding 48 MB of RAM, and a dazzling 166mHz chip.<br><br>Robert,<br><br>"Memory", in this case probably means RAM, not storage memory (the hard<br>drive).<br><br>I'd add more RAM to your system, first.
<br>128 Meg of RAM, would be my suggestion. More if you can afford it.<br><br>Here's how you might check your hard drive for install space:<br>If you bring up a DOS prompt in Win95, type dir and you'll see a listing<br>
of your directories scroll by, with the amount of free space left on your<br>hard drive at the very bottom. My guess is you've enough space there.<br>Hopefully, you'll have a gig or so free, if not, then you can start<br>
deleting.<br><br>I'm not sure of the amount of disk storage a basic Ubuntu install takes up,<br>I've never stopped to look ...... someone better informed than me, will<br>probably speak up tho.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Randy <
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