[CentOS] Using CentOS 4.4 on very old Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop; would like suggestions regarding using KDE/GNOME in low RAM and low disk situation

Tue Jan 9 16:04:14 UTC 2007
Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com>

Hi;

  Thanks to all of the suggestions and comments.

Ken Wolcott

On 1/8/07, Guillermo Garron <guillermo.fedora at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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