On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Collins Richey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crichey@gmail.com">crichey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Bob Hemus <<a href="mailto:ol.bob@charter.net">ol.bob@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've an old C0mpaq laptop with a 6 gig hard-drive and 64 megs of memory.<br>
> I pur DSL on it, which worked, but was looking for more. Ran into<br>
> Vector Linux.<br>
><br>
> So.. I'm just starting to replace my Fedora with the Vector 5.9. If I<br>
> like it I may spring for $19.99 to buy VL 5.9.1 SOHO Deluxe Bundle "new"<br>
><br>
<br>
I've heard good things about Vector and no negative comments. OTOH, I<br>
don't pay for Linux period.<br>
<br>
><br>
> This includes the basic install CD and the extras CD. The second CD is<br>
> 700 megabytes of extra software to enhance the SOHO desktop system. This<br>
> includes all the locales for KDE, the KDE help system, Koffice,<br>
> Inkscape, compiz-fusion and a ton of games. There are server solutions<br>
> here too like apache, mysql and php. The rest of the software is from<br>
> the Vector Multimedia bonus disk which includes everything one needs to<br>
> produce, edit and enjoy anything multimedia related. All the bases are<br>
> covered sound, audio and video. For the small additional cost this is a<br>
> worthwhile investment. 60 days of installation and configuration support<br>
> included.<br>
<br>
With only 64M you're not going to get much performance with KDE.<br>
Something like Xfce or IceWM or Fluxbox would be a better fit. You<br>
could even try the Sidux Xfce edition.<br>
><br>
> I've been using Ubuntu for about a year??<br>
<br>
Ubuntu has an Xfce edition also.<br>
<br>
Or there's always Slackware.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Collins Richey<br>
If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries<br>
of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.<br></blockquote></div><br>There's also VectorLinux Light Edition. It's a free download.<br><br>Andrew<br>