what OS?

slackware runs on less than 4mb of ram. of coarse, the kernel could be compiled to run on a 386. no-one uses a 386 though.

 

mmmm slackware... my drug of choice

 

a very stable drug....

 

indeed! here is my system, slack + dropline gnome

 

nice screenshot which sytem monitors did you install on the desktop?

 

erm.. it just says "System Monitor", it's a GNOME applet... I still use gkrellm2 alot though

ps. and ps -ef

 

ah I see....
I will give gkrellm a try

 

Depending on how much of 'kde' you compiled, six hours is pretty good. On Gentoo on my dual ultrasparc 3 1.015 GHz's it took about 18 hours or so, but gentoo bundles a lot of stuff when you emerge kde.

 

1.5 GB ram pent 2.0 overclocked @ 2.3 Ghz. 18 hours is a long time. i still want an ultrasparc though. i lke the archintecture.

i use "top" in the terminal most of the time.

here are some screen shots of my Fedora Core 6 system with Beryl.

 

I have to admit to using top alot too... have you tried htop? that's good too. I like your screenys btw I tinkered with xgl early last year but got pissed off with it 'cos it was unstable... as soon as beryl and Xorg7 is stable (time permitting) I'll try again

 

What do you like about the architecture?

18 hours is long for straight kde, but I think it's pretty fast considering all the stuff it came with.

 

my favorite is and will always be mac osx

 

Mac OSX is indeed powerful and a very good OS. my only real problem with it is i like complete control over my OS. and i like source code. and some other things but all in all...

OSX is BSD with a skin and limitations.

 

Definitely Mac OSX

 

=) I am a Gentoo guy =) but I am new to linux so...it is hard.

I put the live cd in, did screen with someone, got a kernel and did all screen things with him for about 4-6 months(I lost track) and...well I learned a shit ton! but now I am stuck with a gui but a crappy video driver(I think) and no sound. =/ I will figure it out one day =)

gentoo is amazing but extremely difficult(for me anyways) but worth it for people who want to know how their computer works...it's like stick shift for linux.

 

gentoo is a hard distro, and especially if you are new to linux. what graphics card do you have? PM me and maybe i can give you some ideas where to look or something.

 

the new ubuntu 7.04 is the dogs balls

 

Hey smoove, I like it too, I like the way it handles proprietry drivers. I installed it on my friends computer and am about to try it on this (bitch of a) computer!

 

Gentoo FTW. Awesome distro (sorry, META-distro )
Compiled from a stage1 tarball.. yes I am a geek. Yes it worked the first time. Boo yah.

 

if you're using a NVidia card, try "emerge nvidia-drivers nvidia-glx". DON'T use "nv-drivers" they suck balls.
You may also want to edit /etc/xorg.conf to point to the new drivers: find "nv" and change to "NVidia".