[colug-432] Determine Resource Usage

[tom]

On 01/24/2014 02:27 PM, Dan Kaiser wrote:
> How old is the laptop (i.e. what are the specs?)
Don't Know. P4 500MB RAM. Was running XP PRO on 6GB HDD. Now has 60 GB 
HDD. RAM will be increased to 1 GB.
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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.
>
>             Tom
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