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DATE | 2016-03-17 |
FROM | From: "Mancini, Sabin (DFS)"
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Ubuntu,
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I am going by the experience I had with Ubuntu installed on an older system of mine ( 8 yrs. old, 2GB ram ), just browsing www and a few windows open, the system gradually came down onto its' knees. Installed Sparky, LXLE, and Lubuntu- all no problem.
I was a Linux novice / new user at the time, but Ubuntu just installed without asking many questions.
Thank you and best regards,
Sabin _________________________________
-----Original Message----- From: hangout [mailto:hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com] On Behalf Of Rick Moen Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:27 PM To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Subject: Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] [nylug-talk] Ubuntu, Debian are NOT "light" - here are some light distros
Quoting Mancini, Sabin (DFS) (Sabin.Mancini-at-dfs.ny.gov):
> Ubuntu and Debian are NOT "light" ! Consider:
Last time I did a minimal install of Debian Stable, you did it by proceeding through installing the base system only, and quit the installer at the stage of picking additional software. (Any needed packages can then be added as required using apt-get.) I think that was about 300MB. Of course, add a few hundred more if you append things like X11 and a window manager.
But by most people's standards that qualifies as 'light'.
Are you perhaps one of those people who think installing a distribution always means repeatedly whacking your forehead on the space bar until it completes all default actions? Because that would be sad, given that the whole point of open source is to put us in charge.
I'm actually going to see how tiny Debian Jessie can be for the host OS I'll be using to run KVM + Qemu for my new VM-oriented server build. grsecurity + PaX for the kernel, OpenRC for the init, and as little of everything as I can manage.
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