Goeroeboeroe wrote:
> Op Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:05:22 +0100, schreef Laszlo Lebrun:
>
>> Yrrah wrote:
>>> It sucks! It's slow! It uses a lot of RAM!
>> ...
>>> I've given up on Linux for now, after having tried for a few weeks.
>>> Back to Window$ :-(
>>>
>> What do you expect from such statements?
>> Compassion? Poor you!
>> I could have been giving you some advice, but with your approach it
>> is unlikely to have any chance of success.
>>
>> Laszlo.
>
> Too bad you don't write what your problems are...
> One thing: Linux doesn't use 'a lot of RAM'. It's just different and
> more efficient than it's on Windows. On Windows most of the RAM is
> not used most of the time. On Linux almost all RAM is used almost all
> of the time, for example to catch data from disk. And when RAM is
> needed for something, only than RAM is freed.
> I I buy RAM personally I prefer it's been used :o)

You didn't answer to me, did you?

I am afraid Yrrah used a live CD...

Goeroeboeroe wrote:
> Op Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:05:22 +0100, schreef Laszlo Lebrun:
>
>> Yrrah wrote:
>>> It sucks! It's slow! It uses a lot of RAM!
>> ...
>>> I've given up on Linux for now, after having tried for a few weeks.
>>> Back to Window$ :-(
>>>
>> What do you expect from such statements?
>> Compassion? Poor you!
>> I could have been giving you some advice, but with your approach it is
>> unlikely to have any chance of success.
>>
>> Laszlo.
>
> Too bad you don't write what your problems are...
> One thing: Linux doesn't use 'a lot of RAM'. It's just different and more
> efficient than it's on Windows. On Windows most of the RAM is not used
> most of the time. On Linux almost all RAM is used almost all of the time,
> for example to catch data from disk. And when RAM is needed for something,
> only than RAM is freed.
> I I buy RAM personally I prefer it's been used :o)
>


I have PCLINUXOS on an older computer to try it out. It only has 128
megs of ram and runs fine. The computer is an AMD k6 500. I would like
to see XP run on that.

Op Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:16:48 +0100, schreef Laszlo Lebrun:

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> You didn't answer to me, did you?

Eh, no, I made a stupid mistake :o) Still have to get used a bit to Pan

Peter