"Successfully booted antiX from CD on Compaq Deskpro EN from 1999"

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From here with a couple of pics:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/1kgoqki/successfully_booted_antix_from_cd_on_compaq/

 

60 MiB of ram used lol

 

[Hedon James]

60MB RAM usage at idle?  WOW!!!

 

When I got fed up with the HOG nature of the Ubuntu Unity desktop, I crafted my own from various parts & pieces that I called Mimetic, because I had pre-configured layouts that resembled Unity, Gnome2, OSX, and Windows available for selection by user at boot.  It was basically LXDE, with a choice of Fluxbox, PekWM, or OpenBox window managers, that could be switched "on the fly".  I stole a LOT of ideas from AntiX and a (now defunct?) distro called LXLE.

 

Using the LXDE desktop with Fluxbox, on a Lubuntu base, I was able to reduce my 500MB+ RAM usage of the Unity HOG desktop, down to 120-130MB at idle.  It was a sweet config, and quite snappy.  I miss the LXDE desktop.  Not all paths forward are "progress", IMO.  LOL!

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Neat

[abarbarian]

18 hours ago, Hedon James said:

Not all paths forward are "progress", IMO.  LOL!

 

You can say that again for sure. I know we are going backwards in a lot of areas.

 

18 hours ago, Hedon James said:

Using the LXDE desktop with Fluxbox, on a Lubuntu base, I was able to reduce my 500MB+ RAM usage of the Unity HOG desktop, down to 120-130MB at idle

 

Impressive.

[raymac46]

The smallest RAM I have ever used for Linux was (wait for it) 80MB. That was on a Fujitsu Lifebook 735DX which had no CD-ROM or modem. It did have a PCMCIA slot so I plugged in an Ethernet card. I was able to install Deli Linux on floppies and then download the rest of the packages to get a GUI. It was a totally useless machine even in 2008 but as a point of principle interesting enough. The Pentium 133 MMX was way too slow for wifi.

[abarbarian]

PCMCIA slot,floppies, modern folk would have no idea what these are

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2 hours ago, abarbarian said:

PCMCIA slot,floppies, modern folk would have no idea what these are

 

Then again most people do not even know anything about their computer as they only use a browser, hence why chromebooks are a big hit.

[raymac46]

On 5/14/2025 at 3:31 AM, abarbarian said:

PCMCIA slot,floppies, modern folk would have no idea what these are

Not to mention CD-ROM or dial-up modem.