[alih786]

i am currently using windows xp, it is running slow, it takes up alot of ram and im thinking of using fedora os.

here is a spec of my pc:

http://support.thetechguys.com/layout.aspx?ID={5fc94661-feeb-433e-8699-ab4fb668e03c}&CatID={d6f2c13b-3776-4c10-a383-40833beee01f}

shud i get rid of xp and start using a linux os, 1 that is light and doesnt take up ram or hard disk spca,e im looking for 1 that is extremely fast. I MEAN DED FAST!. is fedora good?

[veribaka]

In short, no.

If you want light and fast got for Puppy, Xubuntu, Damn Small Linux. Take your pick.

[jkm2a]

I must respectfully disagree to some extent with veribaka. In my opinion, Fedora IS good - but to veribaka's point, I think, it is not the distribution you probably need to fulfill your requirements, if "light" and "fast" are primary considerations. Fedora is a rather full-featured distro, and as such, it requires more and better hardware to achieve good performance that the lighter distros suggested. I run Fedora (versions 4,5,7, and 8) on a variety of systems including servers, desktops, and laptops, mostly older hardware. I'm happy with its features and performance, for the most part, but I don't do a lot of really intensive stuff with it, so I'm probably not the best judge of performance. I'm posting this reply using Fedora 8 on a Pentium III laptop with 512Mb of RAM, and while it's satisfactory for surfing the Net and other general-purpose type stuff, I don't think I'd try gaming or 3-D rendering with this particular box .

FWIW, from what I've read and experienced, if you're gonna run a graphical interface on Linux, give it as much RAM as you can - Linux likes RAM!

[net_newsy]

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@alih786:

-shud i get rid of xp? >> well not yet [ opinion :-) ], you can dual boot it with Linux. But if you already know the ins and outs of Linux you can install it w/o Windows.
-1 that is light and doesnt take up ram or hard disk spca,e >> you're looking for a light-weight distro
-1 that is extremely fast. I MEAN DED FAST! >> how fast! :-)


Not all distros are suitable for an older PCs.
You are looking for a *fully-featured distro* to SPEED up your machine!

I recommend...

vectorLinux!
http://www.vectorlinux.com/

or

xubuntu
http://www.xubuntu.org/


check out the sites!