Kenneth Wolcott 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.
There are reasons RH doesn't support less than 256 Mbtes of RAM with RHEL 4.
Earlier releases of CentOS (earlier==better) should perform much better,
and you could also browse www.distrowatch.com for lighter distros.
One that comes to mind is Damn Small Linux.
OpenSUSE with fvwm _might_ do it; I used to run RHL 6.2 quite happily in
64 Mbytes (5.x in less), and the main differences these days is
KDE+Gnome+their libraries, along with Mozilla (and its kin) and
OpenOffice.org.
Prior to RHL 7.x, the main desktop environment was FVWM, that's why I
think OpenSUSE might work for you.
--
Cheers
John
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