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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:14:09 -0500
From: Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 06:40:03PM +0100, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:10 PM, LinuxIsOne <linuxisone@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
> >
> >> In fact, I like gentoo and FreeBSD best for low-spoec hardware.
> >
> > What does low-spec hardware mean?
>=20
> Whatever the default setup of the latest release of Ubuntu runs
> sluggish on. (Or what a previous version of Ubuntu ran on, but current
> versions won't)
>=20
> While somewhat flippant, that seems a pretty reasonable way to think ab=
out it.
>=20

Seems to me Ubuntu is sluggish no matter what hardware you have.
Peopple pay such a high price to avoid learning anything...

But I was thinking more about anything x86 or ppc and single core,=20
or stuff like intel atom. Anything ARM. Anything pre core2duo from=20
intel, for sure, as well as any ppc Mac.

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caveat utilitor
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