[LBo] Xubuntu 7.04

[Anita Lewis]

On 06/11/2007 09:43 AM Troy wrote:

> I assume my swap is working because using the free command shows the swap
> total at 546168, with 31480 used and 514688 free.
<snip>
> Here is the results when I run cat /etc/fstab
> # /dev/sdb1
> UUID=xx-xxx-xxxxx none            swap    sw              0       0
<snip>
> is the UUID just a unique number, assigned to the HD in this instance, for communicating with the
> kernel?

Yes, your swap looks good.  fstab is good.  It is using UUID and I
understand it to be a unique number as you say.

> 
> I think the swap drive has the desired label of sdb1, right?

Actually it is not labeled sdb1, but rather has the UUID which is
better, because it will be the same no matter which kernel version you use.

> Run upgrade:
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
> 
> 
> Because the free command shows the swap file is working, and swap drive is
> labeled as sdb1, I did not complete the steps listed above, but should I?

Yes, you should complete those steps, because there are probably updates
available and it is especially important for security updates.  This
should be done after the initial install and also periodically (once a
week or so) thereafter.  In Ubuntu and Kubuntu there is an indicator
that updates are available.  I don't know if there is such a thing in
Xubuntu.  I did install it on my laptop to play with a bit and I did not
see such an indicator at first glance.

> 
> Another point of interest is when running the free command, 344224 of 417488
> of the memory is used. My guess is Xubuntu 7.04 is a bit heavy for this old
> machine.  Would this be right?

My machine running KDE has only 256Mb RAM, but a faster processor,
2.6GHz.  That makes a difference too.

I would think that XFCE should run better than Gnome did.  You said you
ran Ubuntu which is Gnome.  Did that run better than Xubuntu 7.04?

I tried Puppy Linux and liked it.  It has a pretty nice desktop and runs
very fast.  Maybe you would like it better.  It comes as a LiveCD which
runs pretty fast too. You could try it out live to see what you think.
It is a pretty small download compared to Ubuntu.

http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1

Anita

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