On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > And, is it still feasible to run the OS on old hardware? On my older > 32-bit PCs, the notion of running Gnome or KDE is impossible. They're > too slow for being fancy with the graphics card. And, some can't even > run a modern distro, because they can only take 1 gig of RAM. The > minimum specs for running Fedora have crept up and up over the years. > I haven't had any troubles lately on an old laptop with 1 gig of RAM. Haven't used Gnome or KDE in quite a long time. XFCE is runs fine, though I usually use something a little more esoteric (http://notion.sourceforge.net/) I have a little virtual machine in the wild somewhere with only 256 meg of RAM which has run everything I've needed (UnrealTournament server, Mumble server, etc.) except DNF, due to the sheer number of packages in Fedora. Memory usage is normally in the 75M range. Fedora is still a good a distro for little servers, despite the minimum spec creep. jeff -- Jeff Backus jeff.backus@xxxxxxxxx http://github.com/jsbackus _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
