[ubuntu-in] Suggestions needed please

[Omkar Raut]

Hi,
I have 224MB (256-32mb(shared vid mem.)), even then feisty is slower. I use
gnome and xfce also. Xfce runs smooth on my machine to some extent :)
Xfce is indeed a good try for you, or you should consider fluxbox,icewm..
etc.
-Omkar.

On 4/23/07, Akshay Rao <akshay.jrao at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a system that has the following configuration,
> Intel P3 833 MHz processor,
> 192 MB RAM,
> 20 GB HDD,
> On board graphics chip + sound chip (Intel 810E chipset motherboard)
> (A 1997-98 model comp)
>
> I have installed Ubuntu Dapper (with KDE desktop :D ) on this PC, it seems
> to me that the applications running tax the system too much, the response to
> some of the events on desktop are really slow :(
>
> I use Firefox , Gaim , OpenOffice , Beep Media Player , MPlayer ,VLC ,
> XCHM , XPDF, Gedit very frequently.
>
> I tried to install Feisty on this comp through the alternate CD , and as
> expected it was a disaster! i seemed to have murdered the System! :(
>
> Now my question is : is it feasible to install Xubuntu (7.04) on this PC?
> If so, can i Run all the apps mentioned above on Xubuntu? (mainly Open
> Office, Beep and Mplayer) ?
>
> I need to have AMP server running (my college needs) and Also Java 5
> (Again college needs)
>
> apart from these, i want to have Python and Perl (My interests :) )
>
> Please put in your valuable suggestions,
> Or should i stick to Dapper??
>
> Akshay
>
> aka, techKyLa @ irc.freenode.net
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