Flavors of Linux which are GUI-heavy as Windows XP?

[Euphoria]

Yes you can install it on 720MB. Actually I've installed Linux on 365MB, and you can also find a 100MB version of Linux that would run of a ZIP disk.
You can either search the web for that version, or you can go and do a custom install and just pick the kernel with only packages that are required, dont install extra stuff.

[de><ta]

Yeah you can do with 720mb. But that would mean your swap partion wont be too big if you start chucking in fancies.

:D I have the 100mb version of Linux. Its real nifty just the basics. Lowest system i have seen linux running on was a 486 with 12 mb of some ancient ram.

I personally prefer kde over gnome (i dont know just my personal taste). KDE is a heavy weight ui but it is just as tastefull as gnome but it does not stress my rig too much. Applications in gnome seen to be a lot slower compared to KDE eg. coderight and forte.

My only qualm is that the latest version of KDE does not work on the suns!!!:mad: It should be able to load but it keeps doing massive core dumps and goes back to login.

I also changed my system. Now i have a sunBlade258. My custom version of kde works but gnome does not.

Fluxbox looks very nice. I like its simplicity and its style. I will chuck on a high resz screen of my work environment soon. I am using KDE2.1.1.

[kappax]

Originally posted by Matthyahuw
Is that a joke that's over my head :confused:
http://www.fluxbox.org
It's based off of Blackbox's 0.61.1 code (whatever THAT means) LOL

kappax, are you running that on top of KDE, or by itself?

I just scrounged together some junk in my closet to make a full computer, but the only problem is the HDD I have is just 720MB, can I have anything but X-Windows on Linux with only 720MB???

Nope, NO KDE no Gnome loaded, all fluxbox :) i love it small and fast!!

[doom]

http://www.fluxbox.org/zoom.php?shots/invalid_fluxbox.jpg
http://www.fluxbox.org/zoom.php?shots/ahmedf_fluxbox2.jpg
http://www.fluxbox.org/zoom.php?shots/tigrezno_fluxbox.jpg
looks very nice :D

[doom]

Euphoria... just really curious, how do you get right-side system stats thing in kde?

[alphajoe]

Originally posted by de><ta
I have the 100mb version of Linux. Its real nifty just the basics. Lowest system i have seen linux running on was a 486 with 12 mb of some ancient ram.


I remember the old days before KDE and Gnome, when the only GUI options were Motif and a couple of other managers. I was running on a 386 with 8 meg RAM. That was Slackware 1.0.x. I still have the CD here. It would run on any 386 and only used about 32meg of HD space. There was no GUI installer and if you wanted a GUI interface, you had to manually run the configuration from the command line. Things have come a long way...

[mtrr]

Euphoria: where the heck you got this backdrop image from?

I'd love to have this here :)


cheers