[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu minimum spec

[Andy]

On 06/07/06, Steve Smith <steve.lists at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> One of my friends has a 266MHz/64Mb mini laptop thingy.  Has anyone
> tried Ubuntu (as in with Gnome) on something that low?  How does it
> run?  Would OpenOffice survive?


It would be painful.

The lowest I've used for any length of time is a  500MHz/64mb, and  that
really can't deal with Gnome, let alone OOo.  Adding an extra 64mb of ram
makes it workable, but it is still likely to be very slow.

Regards,

Andy
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