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Thu Jan 18 16:32:24 UTC 2007

I run a 333mhz w/ 256mb of ram and I can run firefox 2.0, gaim, xchat,
gedit, several terminals, beep-media-player (with music playing), several
applets, etc. and it runs fine for me. Even when I only had 128mb, it ran ok
(I just had to watch my memory consumption and I did notice that Edgy
consumed more memory then Dapper). But maybe I'm just so used to using a
slow computer that I have lower expectations then other people? *shrugs* lol

Thanks,

Cody A.W. Somerville

On 1/18/07, Frank Tao <solotim.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think it's impossible to find a alternative one to firefox as for
> now.Maybe we should wait firefox improve its speed. LOL.
>
> By the way, why Claws Mail, but not Sylpheed?
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:58:37 +0100
> Vincent <imnotb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 1/18/07, Gauvain Pocentek <gauvainpocentek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Please see
> > >
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2007-January/002884.html
> > > about claws/TB.
> > >
> > > About epiphany, it brings in all the gnome libs, and we try to avoid
> > > this since the beginning of Xubuntu. Please find a browser which can
> do
> > > everything that Firefox does (without gnome or kde libs, perl, c#...),
> > > also find someone ready to maintain it in Ubuntu, and I guess that
> > > everybody would be OK to replace Firefox.
> >
> >
> > Though probably compatibility or an own library of extensions isn't
> required
> > because you won't find one anyway :P
> >
> > Gauvain
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Irena & Richard Jenkins wrote:
> > > > As a user of several Xubuntu distributions ... both for the x86 and
> > > > ppc platforms I want to raise the issue of the future of the
> > > > distribution.  When first developed, Xubuntu was targeted at the
> user
> > > > whose machine was a little 'below par' when compared with the usual
> > > > home and/or office machine.  IIt was aimed at machines that lacked
> raw
> > > > horsepower and or memory resources to cope with the steeply
> increasing
> > > > resource demands of either KDE or Gnome.
> > > >
> > > > Lately, I find that Xubuntu is becoming more of a **different**
> > > > distribution ... and has lost its focus on doing more with less.  It
> > > > has replaced KDE with XFce ... touting its ability to do the job
> with
> > > > fewer resources.  However, the selection of packages leaves me
> > > > bewildered.  As examples I note that for browsers and email ... the
> > > > common programs are Firefox and Thunderbird.  I have nothing against
> > > > these two programs ... but it has to be admitted that they are large
> > > > and quite resource hungry.  At home I replace them with the mail
> > > > client sylpheed and the browser epiphany.  No trouble to do this ...
> > > > and the change results in a significant 'speed-up' of my internet
> > > > activity.
> > > >
> > > > Now why were the large programs included in the basic cdrom for
> > > > xubuntu and installed automatically onto the desktop?
> Additionally,
> > > > why are they so important to Xubuntu that if you try to remove them
> > > > you are warned that you will be throwing out the meta-package
> > > > 'xubuntu-desktop'?
> > > >
> > > > It's precisely this sort of change that makes me wonder if Xubuntu
> > > > developers have 'lost the plot' ... and are content with rendering
> > > > something different rather than something really useful to those of
> us
> > > > who are still plugging away ... with older machines ... keeping them
> > > > going until they are just fit for cannibalisation.
> > > >
> > > > I am writing this on a mac ... but my preferred portable computer is
> > > > an old 366 MHz celeron with 96 meg of ram.  This machine will only
> run
> > > > 6.06 Xubuntu .... with careful choice of packages.  It does run them
> > > > well providing internet feeds ... whether by dialup, wifi or
> > > > ethernet.  Later Xubuntu (6.10) does NOT run well on this machine
> ...
> > > > and I despair of getting 7.04 to work with any speed.  My other
> > > > desktop an iMac 350MHz with 256 Meg of memory also suffers if I do
> not
> > > > change the email and browser clients.
> > > >
> > > > So, what about it developers?  Is there a basic minimum
> specification
> > > > for hardware ... that you recommend for your distribution ... and
> are
> > > > you brave enough to specify it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Richard
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Irena and Richard Jenkins
> > > > Canberra, Australia
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Irena & Richard Jenkins
> > > > in Canberra or on the road...
> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> >
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