My slowest machine now running Ubuntu 10.04

[Arthur H. Johnson II]

On Sun, 16 May 2010, Christopher Rob JONES wrote:

>
>> I've configured 1GB swap... and the machine... swaps like hell... I wish
>> I could add more RAM, but I've maxed it out, I think. Anyways, it was
>> mostly a proof-of-concept test.
>
> try xfce via xubuntu instead of a full gnome session (ubuntu). Requires
> less resources.
>
>  > sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
>
> Chris
>

I agree. I have a machine with less RAM than that, and it runs great with 
Xubuntu.