[xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 120, Issue 29

[JMZ]

I agree Peter that even for people running ubuntu flavors on super-fast 
gamer boxes, it's good to try to economize on applications.  However, 
suggesting that new users use the command line interface (cli) as an 
economization measure might not often be wise.  Many people, especially 
"millennials", may never have seen a command prompt before.  Many linux 
users take cli for granted, given our familiarity with past computing 
systems completely run by text command.  New users often need gui 
front-ends to compensate. Who can blame many new users given their sole 
experience with highly graphical environments?

This is why I'd say it's better for a new ubuntu user to over-equip 
their systems with RAM.  gui counterparts of commands should be as easy 
and quick as possible.

Jordan

As in ham radio morse, 73 SK CL (out of this discussion for good)



On 01/21/2017 05:28 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> <snip>
> There are things you can do to lessen the demands on memory -- one is to
> run Xubuntu so that you use xfce as your interface instead of Unity
> (Unity sucks all your memory into a black hole). Use lighter software:
> eg Claws-Mail instead of Thunderbird. Use AbiWord instead of
> LibreOffice. Use command-line utilities instead of graphical ones.
> Unfortunately on the web browser front, they all seem to be memory-hogs.
>
> ///Peter
>