From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtai02.charter.net ([209.225.8.182]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HYq2Y-0001O1-00 for ; Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:55:42 -0400 Received: from aa05.charter.net ([10.20.200.157]) by mtai02.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070403205510.HYST1398.mtai02.charter.net@aa05.charter.net> for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:55:10 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.83.102]) by aa05.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070403205510.OUZG9261.aa05.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:55:10 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l33Kt9bZ017803 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:55:09 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l33Kt9G5017802 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:55:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:55:09 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu Message-ID: <20070403205509.GB17712@gmx.net> References: <20070403175049.GC5537@hittsjunk.net> <001101c77621$e11ed100$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> <20070403194831.GQ26256@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070403194831.GQ26256@rednote.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:55:43 -0000 I'm running gnome on a 1ghz pIII with 256mb and its not all that bad. On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > This will be OK for Speakup and the console, but I suspect it will prove > quite sluggish for Gnome. I suspect your RAM will be pretty much > consumed before you've even launched applications judging from the > memory usage I'm seeing on my laptop. > > PS: My X31 is just over 1Gb cpu but a P4 with 1Gb RAM. It's adequate, > but I would not call it snappy. > > Brent Harding writes: > > It's a Pentium 3, 1 gig machine with 256 mb of ram, 2 hard drives, one 30 > > gigs, and the other around 6.4 gigs. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kenny Hitt" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:50 PM > > Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > You didn't tell us all the specs on the hardware, but it sounds like you > > > don't have the resources to run the Ubuntu livecd. > > > > > > Remember, Gnome will need a lot of ram and processor speed to be useful. > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@a11y.org > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada > Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- +#if defined(__alpha__) && defined(CONFIG_PCI) + /* + * The meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Plus + * this makes the year come out right. + */ + year -= 42; +#endif -- From the patch for 1.3.2: (kernel/time.c), submitted by Marcus Meissner