From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nate Bargmann Subject: Re: Most "HAM" friendly distro ? Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 08:10:23 -0600 Message-ID: <20060107141023.GI10673@mail.networksplus.net> References: <9923fd660601041708j1e117e97y45acaa37baec1867@mail.gmail.com> <000001c61197$80f08ca0$3849a8c0@lan.w1nr.net> <9923fd660601041921i423fa899s69d1fbe46e41a180@mail.gmail.com> <20060105070708.GA31150@cloud.net.au> <20060106232708.GA24355@cloud.net.au> <3FEF9BDB-83F9-4B61-97E3-ED546A92A02B@oz.net> <43BF85DE.1040806@btinternet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43BF85DE.1040806@btinternet.com> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org All very good points, Ian. I would add that if anyone really wants a GUI on older hardware, then a lightweight window manager is the order of the day (IceWM being my long time favorite). One must be careful because even some of them can be themed to eat a lot of resources. A modern KDE installation will work in 256 MB, but 512 or more is better. An advantage we have here is Linux land is that we can go all-out eye candy or slim the system as required depending on needs and resources. Good Linux installin' to ya! :-) 73, de Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org