[nzlug] machine pre loaded with linux

[Philip Charles]

On Wednesday 07 February 2007 23:13, cr wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 February 2007 22:50, cr wrote:
> Oops - correction to that! - I misremembered some of that -  checking
> back, I find that Debian Woody worked OK with Gnome in 64MB, it wasn't
> till I put Sarge on it I had to cut it back to Windowmaker - my first
> para. there relates to Sarge not Woody.

My laptop with 128mb ran Sarge okay, but when I upgraded to Etch with 
gnome it was almost unusable.  Another 256 (total 384 mb) fixed it.  I 
would say that 256 mb was the minimum for Etch.

Phil.

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