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From: Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer?
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:23:34 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gl58bl$3n6$2@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5cf51b790901201000p680774fem7549bc9c493940c0@mail.gmail.com

On 2009-01-20, s3b4sm4gr1 <sebasmagri@gmail.com> wrote:

> You should consider using LXDE as DE, which is designed for low memory and
> CPU usage...

I'll take alook at LXDE.  I use XFCE on all my other machines,
so I was hoping to get by with in on this machine (which is
primarily for use by somebody else).

> I'm currently using it on a Celeron Coppermine @ 600Mhz with
> 256 of PC133 RAM and it goes fine, among with abiword,
> gnumeric and claws-mail for the office work, consonance for
> music playing,

I'll have to take a look at consonance as well.  I generally
just use mplayer running in a small terminal window, but that's
probably not going to pass muster for anybody else.

> and pidgin and conspire for Instant Messaging...

-- 
Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow! I don't understand
                                  at               the HUMOUR of the THREE
                               visi.com            STOOGES!!




  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-20 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-20 17:05 [gentoo-user] Tips/Tricks for Gentoo on low-spec computer? Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-01-20 17:14 ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-20 17:15 ` Alejandro
2009-01-20 17:22   ` Nick Cunningham
2009-01-20 17:32     ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-20 18:42       ` Neil Bothwick
2009-01-20 18:53         ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-01-20 19:37         ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-21 19:01           ` Daniel Troeder
2009-01-20 19:20       ` Grant Edwards
2009-01-21 15:57         ` Grant Edwards
2009-01-24 14:43     ` [gentoo-user] " Steven Lembark
2009-01-20 17:27   ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-01-20 17:37     ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-20 17:56       ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-01-20 18:00         ` s3b4sm4gr1
2009-01-20 19:23           ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2009-01-21  1:00           ` Dale
2009-01-24 14:53             ` Steven Lembark
2009-01-24 15:47               ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-24 15:55               ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2009-01-20 17:37   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-21  0:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2009-01-21  2:18   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-21  3:28     ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-21  3:49       ` Grant Edwards
2009-01-21  4:02         ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-21  3:39     ` Shawn Haggett
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-01-20 16:46 [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-20 17:05 ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-20 17:36   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-01-20 18:01 ` [gentoo-user] " Dirk Heinrichs
2009-01-20 19:30   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards

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