[wellylug] Linux for portable / laptop

[Stephen]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:14:14 +0100
Colin Templeman <wellylug at biker.geek.nz> wrote:

> on 28/06/2011 23:52 Stephen Judd said:
> 
> > For the record, I checked last night, and my minimal Debian Gnome
> > install clocks in at about 250MB memory used, vs Linux Mint at about
> > 450 MB.
> 
> Presumably the gnome-based Mint?  I used free to check LXDE Mint 9
> and it uses 136MB 

Indeed. No question that Gnome itself is not exactly lightweight these
days.