On 1/8/07, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi; > > I'm new to the CentOS list and I only have experience with CentOS 4.3/4.4 > on desktops. I just installed CentOS 4.4 on a very old Dell Inspiron 3500 > laptop. I choose the desktop option and then deleted the kde and gnome > packages because I have only 192mb RAM and 4gb disk (total). I'd like > suggestions on how to maximize the effective usage of the laptop with CentOS > 4.4...as a minimum I want to do secure wireless web browsing. If KDE or > GNOME needs more disk/RAM than I have available is XCFE the only alternative > to the bleak Motif experience? I don't have any money to get a better > laptop or to upgrade the RAM and/or disk at this time. I am sorry if I am broking any netiquete of the list here, But I recommend you. Xubuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org) DSL (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) puppy Linux (http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1) As they are designed for small *old* PCs. regards, -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06) http://www.go2linux.org