New to Linux

[Knapp]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Matthew Flaschen
<matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
> Mario Andes wrote:
>> Hi Samir,
>>
>> as you have recognized, linux or unix systems in general let you be freetoi decide
>> what you need, get what you need.
>>
>> With a CPU like yours almost everything is possible ;-)
>> You could put more memory in your PC and (K)Ubuntu will run better than now.
>> But linux systems as they are like unix systems (files are handled differently)
>> don't need much memory to work.
>
> Exactly how do you think a UNIX-style filesystem allow you to use
> significantly less memory for applications?
>
> Matt Flaschen

I love Kubuntu but check out this mondays distrowatch weekly. They
have a bit about something called tiny core linux. It might fit you
well and if you work with them as they bring out this new distro you
will learn a lot also. It is not the easy path but it might be a great
one for a slower computer with little memory and an owner that wants
to learn.
http://distrowatch.com/

I would also recommend Gentoo for learning about Linux in detail. Do a
full minimal install. It might drive you crazy but you will learn lots
and your end system will be very small and very fast. You might want
to duel boot so that you have the Gentoo system to learn with and
something that just works for using. There are many forms of linux,
search Distrowatch using the advanced search for something that will
work with your computer.


-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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