Is Ubuntu really going low-spec?
What’s Ubuntu Lite? It’s a new Linux distribution. Its goal is to make a usable Linux-based system that works on 128 MB of RAM. How they plan to achieve this goal seems straightforward: around “lightweight” applications.
And it’s is exactly the wrong way to build a low-footprint distribution. Why?
First, the applications and building blocks chosen are simpler. In other words, they have less functionality than the two standard behemoths: KDE and GNOME.
Say it out loud: they’re building a cripple from the outset. It will never be as functional as any environment that comes with either KDE or GNOME.
Does that lead to a low memory footprint?
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Hi anybody tried this as a LIVE disk and getting ''online''
I could not .
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alcwyn, every version of PCLinuxOS I've ever used has picked up my internet from the live cd without any further tinkering which was one of the reasons I chose it. If you have any trouble though, take it up at the PCLinuxOS forums at http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php and not in an Ubuntu review