Reduce bloat, drink Linux
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| You don't have to be a geek to use Linux anymore. The open-sourse
| OS has evolved and many flavours are actually easier to use than
| Windows
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070302.wmohit0302/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070302.wmohit0302
http://tinyurl.com/2skw2k
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What about the performance and memory usage of KDE and GNOME?
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| In this particular test, KDE and some typical KDE applications were
| found to consume 143.2 MB of RAM. GNOME and comparable GNOME
| applications consumed 174.8 MB. XFCE and some third-party
| applications comparable to the ones used for GNOME and KDE
| consumed 206.8 MB of RAM.
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http://pinderkent.blogsavy.com/archives/35
Buying a new PC? 'Windows Vista Capable' barely hits the mark
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| Microsoft's on-the-box minimum RAM requirement "really isn't
| realistic," according to David Short, an IBM consultant who works
| in its company's Global Services Divison. He says users should
| consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance.
| With 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's
| "sub-XP," he warned.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011523
http://tinyurl.com/2x29tu
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