[PLUG] New Computer

Tim Wescott tim at wescottdesign.com
Wed Feb 24 18:48:54 UTC 2010


Mike Connors wrote:
> Marvin Kosmal wrote:
>   
>> My current computer is AMD +1800  .. ..The CPU goes to 100% when I use
>> a browser..
>>
>> I am running Ubuntu  8-10 Intrepid....
>>
>> Suggestions for Cheap upgrade???  Something that will last another 4
>> or 5 years??
>>   
>>     
> At the risk of offending all of the Ubuntu lovers on PLUG, I've never liked
> the poor resource utilization of Ubuntu. I prefer to run Debian, 
> specifically
> Sidux, which is distro based on Debian Sid.
>
> There are also other distros to consider that are geared towards a small 
> footprint and efficient
> resource utilization such as Puppy, damn small linux, or even FreeBSD, 
> etc...
>
> Also, I noticed that the Google Chrome browser uses mem/cpu resources 
> more efficiently than
> Firefox. There's 2 other *lightweight* graphical browsers I've heard 
> good things about but
> never used that you might want to check out: Dillo and Arora.
>
> Just some options to buy you some time and make using your current 
> computer a lil'
> more tolerable...
>   
If you just love Ubuntu to pieces, going from Ubuntu to Xbuntu will make 
for a big drop in resource utilization.

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Tim Wescott
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