[PLUG] ubuntu version on celeron with 256MB

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Aug 7 19:27:09 IST 2009


On 08/07/2009 07:26 PM, Chetan Kumar wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Rahul

>> On 08/07/2009 07:18 PM, Chetan Kumar wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> Which distribution (from ubuntu stable) are you running on an older
>>> configuration (celeron with 256MB RAM)? It is a desktop scenario.
>>> What experience you have to share?
>>> Upgrading is not an option for this case.
>>
>> No modern distribution with the latest applications (Openoffice.org,
>> Firefox et all) is likely to be still usable on a 256 MB RAM system.
> 
> Understood.
> I should have mentioned that the primary use would be development.
> Cheers

Well, you said it is a desktop scenario earlier so I am now confused.
What development do you do on a 256 MB system? The only efficient use of
such systems I can think of is as thin clients via LTSP or equivalent.

Rahul




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