[luau] Resolution of my Laptop Dilemma and Hardware Questions

[Casey Roberts]

demon_jr808 <demon_jr808 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Now, can anyone give their opinion on how Linux
> should run base on these hardware specs?

I have run a desktop with the about the same specs
with no problems, and since it seems that you want to
use this for web-authoring you shouldn't see many
problems.
 
> I remember a few posters mentioning I should have at
> least 128mb RAM, so do you think I will be all right
> with 64mb?

64MB of RAM is enough to run X, but don't be surprised
if it runs a little slow if you want to watch movie
clips (*.mpeg, *.avi, etc).  One of my most stable
systems I had running was a 266 w/ 64 MB of RAM and a
4GB harddisc, and it was running Mandrake 8.1, and
before that RH 7.2.  I wasn't sure about which distro
I favored at the time, and have used Mandrake on my
systems since, due to the fact that I still consider
myself a newbie after a year.  I wouldn't worry,
though; I think you'll definately get your money's
worth out of the laptop.

Casey

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