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Old 05-12-2007, 04:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default good kde based distro for a K-6?

I just got an old AMD k-6 based machine it runs at 266mhz. I'm no fan of Gnome but i will admit that it uses less resources than KDE. Does anyone know of a distro that uses KDE but doesn't suck all of you power away?
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you might want to try some of the lighter distros:

Vector Linux
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DSL
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Puppy Linux
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Default Re: good kde based distro for a K-6?

elive looks pretty awesome and has a lot of power for its size, im going to try it out. i messed with vector before and its on my pentium2 laptop and runs pretty well, except it wont go to 1024x768 even though the screen supports it.
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it wont go to 1024x768 even though the screen supports it.
Try lowering the default depth in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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How about really small Linux? I have never used it but I have been told that it is powerful and it doesn't need hardly any space to run.
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