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EvasiveFR

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Registered: 2009-04-07

Posts: 35

Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

Hello

When I was young, my first computer was:
Athlon XP 1800+
RAM: 512Mb
Video-card: Fx5200

Now, I can build a computer like that for free or for ~25€ (I've many pieces)
Athlon XP 2100+ OR Athlon XP M 2500+
RAM: 1024Mb
Video-card: 9600Pro

In the past, with my first config, I ran win XP on my computer, with Firefox, msn, music, some divx, and it was nice.
I don't remember that the system was slow...

Now I would like to put Arch on this future config and I don't know if it will be slow or not...

With Archlinux, I listen to music, watch some tv show, I surf with Firefox, watch video on youtube or dailymotion, I use emesene and soft like geany, gedit, Xchat... I never play

So, does the system will be slow with Gnome ? with Xfce ?

Thank you very much

Last edited by EvasiveFR (2009-06-20 20:50:03)

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Dfizzle

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From: Finland

Registered: 2008-07-29

Posts: 29

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

My first linux box had 512mb ram and Athlon xp 2100+, radeon 9600xt, and could run kubuntu fine enough, so I think your system should be fast enough for those needs.

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gazj

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Registered: 2007-02-09

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Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

This system is not much different to mine, only I have a nvidia card and an athlon xp running at 2000Mhz

I can run kde4 all day long with no problems at all (I don't but thats just my choice), Gnome and Xfce will perform fantastically.  RAM is the main thing and you have got buckets of it so you will have no problems.

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ogronom

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 123

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

This config is powerfull enough for modern DE. Choose whaetever you are comfortable with.

If you are not satisfied with preformance. You can always install ligher DE/WM later.

*david_a*

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Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 80

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

I am running a machine very much like what you describe. For me, it runs fine with Gnome or Xfce. I haven't used KDE because of install problems, but I think (if I could get it to install properly) KDE would work too.

David

arunix

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Registered: 2009-04-08

Posts: 93

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

Mine is sempron (AMD) and 512 RAM With WM
its Running fast..

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bwh1969

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Registered: 2008-01-05

Posts: 151

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

I run Arch on an Acer Lci3005 laptop that is a 1.8 Ghz Athlon XP.  That processor is still pretty quick for a [regular bargain] laptop.  If you want to speed things up, upgrade your RAM.  512 is 'fine' but if you have room for a 1 GB chip, you'll be very happy.  I have 1.5 GB in mine is it is GREAT!

Hrod beraht

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 186

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

My system is even less powerful:

900 MHz Athlon
512 MB RAM
8 MB Nvidia Vanta video card

It will run any desktop environment. I personally prefer lightweight window managers like Evilwm, Ratpoison, and DWM, but my old machine has no trouble running the bigger stuff like Gnome or KDE, so your machine ought to be just fine.

Bob

*david_a*

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Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 80

Re: Arch on low-cost config (Athlon XP) => Gnome ? Xfce ? Lighter ?

I should add that when I got this machine I ran it with the 256 MB RAM that was originally there. It would run, but it wasn't very good that way.