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Yes, but practically how many of us use a computer with 64mb of ram (or even 256mb)? Also, if you're ok with installing an older version of windows there is no

• acqq 16y ago
  > there is nothing stopping you from installing an older distribution of linux We argument here if Gnome needs "too much" memory so that you need a relatively new computer to use it, and I gave the arguments for that, narrowing down the amount of memory needed and comparing it with still very useful and widely used XP.
  • ido 16y ago
    Yes, but a debian version from several years ago (with gnome!) is also still very useful and would probably not demand more resources than xp. The question was - why is it legitimate in this argument to use an old version of windows but nut an old version of linux?
    • acqq 16y ago
      > why is it legitimate in this argument to use an old version of windows but nut an old version of linux Again, please don't change the topic, we are talking about Gnome, not about Linux in general. Linux kernel runs on my router with 16 MB RAM without any problems. Gnome is simply made without enough attention for configurations with limited resources, it's just so. There are other managers, of course. That's why huertanix mentioned XFCE. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_Window_System_desktop_environments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_Window_System_d... Footprints (at the time of the writing): GNOME: ~180 MB, Xfce: ~15 MB