[colug-432] Determine Resource Usage

[Dan Kaiser]

How old is the laptop (i.e. what are the specs?)  I've recently offered to
install Linux on a friend's ailing laptop from 2005ish.  I was going to
target a smaller/minimal distro, most likely Crunchbang, but I'm interested
in hearing what you find if you compare LM13 vs. LM16.

In answer to your initial question, I typically search for minimum and
recommended specs for distros to see if my old hardware is up to snuff.
This is a frequently asked question on many Linux formums.  Here is a
recent article <http://www.maketecheasier.com/distros-for-old-computers/>listing
some of the better distros for older and/or low power machines.

-Dan

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit." - Aristotle


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Don <donohio53 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great point Eric.  Lots of people out there don't want to deal with the 6
> months upgrade cycle and so a long term support edition might work better
> for them.  In terms of resources, I thought each web site gave an
> indication of what resources would be needed for each distro.  Imagine a
> Google search would offer some suggestions too.
>
> I am trying to not be on the 6 months cycle by trying out Manjaro Linux.
>  Pretty user friendly and they are a rolling release and my two upgrades so
> far have been successful with no glitches.
>
> I also like that in my Gnome 3.10 I found under the Gnome Tweaks setting a
> way to add a weather indicator to my panel and linked it to the Bolton
> Field weather station.  Working fine.   Since I can't thank Gnome directly,
> or could not find a way, thanks to the minds that created that tweak
> feature to make improvements and they grow into their Gnome 3 vision.
>
> Don Baun
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Eric Floehr <eric at intellovations.com>wrote:
>
>> Note that the other difference between Linux Mint 13 and 16 besides
>> resource use is that 13 will be supported until April 2017[1] while 16 will
>> only be supported until July of this year.
>>
>> Don't know how long they will be using the laptop, or how much upgrading
>> they will want or need to do, but possibly a consideration.
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:30 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> How do I determine how much resources a Distro uses. Posted online?
>>> Determine from command line?
>>>
>>> I am installing Linux on an old laptop for someone. They asked for
>>> LinuxMInt 13 Maya as they think it will use less resources than
>>> LinuxMint 16. I want to verify that. I think 16 would be better if it
>>> does not hog a lot more resources.
>>>
>>> I did install LinuxMint16xfce, but seemed rather limited.
>>>
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