I see the myth that "Linux runs better on older hardware" is still alive and well.
The Linux KERNEL runs better on old hardware. You will be fine if you spend all your time on the command line.
KDE and Gnome, vintage for vintage, are equivalent to Windows. Your only salvation is XFCE, which can give you a 20% or so improvement, along with the loss of several "features."
You can't get somethin' for nothin'. For a RAM perspective, here is the machine I am typing on: larry@blackmagic:~ $ top top - 09:08:57 up 5 days, 14:01, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.07, 0.02 Tasks: 121 total, 1 running, 120 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombieCpu(s): 0.8%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2072032k total, 1319556k used, 752476k free, 158280k buffers Swap: 1526132k total, 0k used, 1526132k free, 618524k cachedThe CPU is loafing, of course. But as with most machines, it isn't what matters - disk and RAM do. Basically, any desktop computer - with any OS - is only as fast as it's disk.
One thing that does tend to save you is that Windows machines get slower and slower as updates are applied, while Linux machines get faster and faster...
Aidan Artos MacTyre wrote:
Thanks for the early update on location.In keeping with the theme of your planned presentation and the location; is this the time to suggest a Linux 102 seminar?Questions I have regarding Linux (also applicable for us Windoze Luddites)Firewalling a Linux System on a home network with full time internet connectivity Optimizing system settings, both Windows and Linux, for internet connections Package installing as a non-distro specific way for new users to see the new apps Home network awareness for older installations (repurposing older machines) Remembering that older Hardware and Older distro's.are still valid and need Open Source supportWith the latest hardware capable of running Windows Vista, I can install any version of Linux quite nicely. One of the touted benefits of Linux is the ability to run it on older machines. Finding necessary tools and successfully installing them w/o being a linux geek can be a trial. Perhaps this is April's meeting in a request.And for any students seeing this list for the first time, I am still thanking linux for saving critical data for a friend.Aidan. M. Knisely wrote:Well, that time is drawing near... yes March 5th is the North Central Ohio Linux Users Group meeting. For the month of March, we are looking to temporarily relocate the meeting site to NC State College Room 136 of the Fellarious(sp?) building. The meeting will run from 6:30 - 8:00, from 8:00 - 8:30 will be a transition time where Chuck will be teaching his Linux I class. This will be a time to meet the students and to share with them our experiences with Linux and to introduce them to a community of Linux users here in Mansfield.The topic this month will be the FogProject (http://www.fogproject.org). The FogProject is a suite of GPLv3 tools that allow you to image PCs across the network, boot diagnostic tools on machines, securely wipe hard drives, push printers, manage assets, and a myriad of other tasks. It's an AMAZING platform; I use the phrase "ABSURDLY AMAZING" when describing this product to my co-workers and fellow geeks... The fact that this is a FREE (liberated and beer) is just icing on the incredibly rich cake that is the FogProject.I'll be demonstrating the following task around the FogProject:1: Installation on and Ubuntu Linux system (just as easy on a Fedora/Redhat RPM disto) 2: Basic Pieces, Parts & Concepts (Apache, DHCP, PXE Boot, DHCP Options, etc)3: Implementation Scenarios a: Managing Corporate Machinesb: Home Machine Imaging - Don't clean spyware, just image the system!c: Securely wipe HDDs automagicaly! d: What are the hardware specs on my machines??? 4: Other stuff???I look forward to seeing you all there. PLEASE REMEMBER, we're going to be changing the location, so tell your friends!Mike K.To unsubscribe send to ncolug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
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