Or I could be that the gnome accessibility stuff has some bugs in it that consume resources. bc I've seen 486's run gnome pretty well. On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 08:12:13PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > Yeah, I think my Thinkpad is more sluggish with Gnopernicus than it > should be. Not sure what's up with that. It's snappy enough with > Microsoft Win, so maybe there are optimizations regarding the gui that > need doing which I just don't know about. > > Alex Snow writes: > > From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > > > I run fedora on a pentium II with 256mb ram and it runs ok. i used to > > even have it running on a pentium 133 with 160mb ram and that was > > still kind of usable. > > > > almost anything will run the linux console fine. I started out with a > > pentium 120 with 16mb ram and it was fine for most things except for > > compiling software. > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 07:47:58PM -0500, Janina > > Sajka wrote: > > > Your system will run the Linux console splendidly. It may not be snappy > > > with Gnopernicus, but then neither is my 2 Gb Pentium system snappy with > > > Gnopernicus. You must understand that Gnopernicus is still very new and > > > unfinished. > > > > > > Jared writes: > > > > From: "Jared" <jared-stofflett at twmi.rr.com> > > > > > > > > I have a system with a 501 celleron mhz processor, and 256 megs of ram. Will > > > > this be enough to run fedora and nepernicus with speach on? Appreciate any > > > > info. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka > > > Email: janina at rednote.net > > > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Director, Technology Research and Development > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > http://www.afb.org > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > > > Free Standards Group > > > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > back. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
