Posted by Bob Jonkman on 29th June 2011
Google Plus Screenshot
is available.
I won’t be using it. Google has too much of my data already.
For gushing, sycophantic reviews see Mashable and Techcrunch.
Update 8 July 2011: Someone pointed out that I should probably investigate Google Plus before dissing it, so I’m licking the Google salt block. There will another blog post with the results of this investigation… In the meantime, Circle Me!
Update: 13 October 2011: The Verdict on Google Plus: Mostly Harmless
Tags: considered harmful, Google, Google Plus, Mashable, privacy, review, Techcrunch
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Posted by Bob on 13th June 2011
This is a list of lightweight GNU/Linux (or other free/libre OS) distributions.
I’m specifically looking for a free/libre operating system that will run a Graphical User Interface on a 10-year-old laptop, 700 MHz Intel CPU, 256 MiBytes RAM (but 128 MiBytes would be better), an 8 GiByte hard drive and an 800×600 screen.
If you know of any other lightweight distributions please leave a comment. Also please leave a comment if you can help fill out the chart – the distributions’ documentation is pretty inadequate when it comes to listing minimium system requirements.
I expect this post to be a continuous work-in-progress.
–Bob.
Added 14 June 2011: Thanx for the suggestions from @dwa, @headphonica, @darkestkhan, @flying_squirrel and @circuidipity, all added above.
Added 17 June 2011: @schestowitz points me to a Linux Devices article on Tiny Core Linux.
Added 28 July 2011: @chaslinux reminded me of The Working Centre’s distribution, WCLP.
Added 4 August 2011:Just saw antiX mentioned on Identi.ca.
Tags: CPU, distribution, free/libre, GNU/Linux, hard disk, lightweight, linux mint, lubuntu, lxde, Mandriva, minimum system requirements, RAM, Trisquel, video, xfce, xubuntu
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