I'm running gnome on a 1ghz pIII with 256mb and its not all that bad. On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > This will be OK for Speakup and the console, but I suspect it will prove > quite sluggish for Gnome. I suspect your RAM will be pretty much > consumed before you've even launched applications judging from the > memory usage I'm seeing on my laptop. > > PS: My X31 is just over 1Gb cpu but a P4 with 1Gb RAM. It's adequate, > but I would not call it snappy. > > Brent Harding writes: > > It's a Pentium 3, 1 gig machine with 256 mb of ram, 2 hard drives, one 30 > > gigs, and the other around 6.4 gigs. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:50 PM > > Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > You didn't tell us all the specs on the hardware, but it sounds like you > > > don't have the resources to run the Ubuntu livecd. > > > > > > Remember, Gnome will need a lot of ram and processor speed to be useful. > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada > Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- +#if defined(__alpha__) && defined(CONFIG_PCI) + /* + * The meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Plus + * this makes the year come out right. + */ + year -= 42; +#endif -- From the patch for 1.3.2: (kernel/time.c), submitted by Marcus Meissner
