On 01/24/2014 09:17 PM, tom arnall wrote:
I am looking for the fastest Linux distro for the following purposes.
System:
Dell latitude D630
dual core
2g memory
most used applications:
icewm
gnome-terminal
vim
perl
chrome browser
transmission
Currently I am running ubuntu 12.04. I am unhappy with the speed of it.
Any info/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Altho I am not familiar with the Dell D630, I have a Dell laptop,
probably 7 or so years old, in
which Dell swears you can only have 2GB ram. I discovered you can
physically put 4GB in it,
and I did so. This model can only access a little over 3GB, but I can
tell you that it made a very
noticeable difference in the performance of Windows 7 Pro. I didn't
notice any difference in my
Linux performance, but it never seemed slow in the first place. Running
PCLinuxOs-KDE-32-bit.
If you're lucky, your machine may have the capability of running a PAE
kernel, and then you
could access a full 4GB. Do a little homework on the model--outside of
Dell--and I bet you'll find
you can put more memory in it.
--doug
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M. Greeley
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