what is your computer specs?

[syms]

in what computers specification you using ubuntu with gnome? does someone uses it at 700 mhz?

[southernman]

There are people that use even 486 machines (much slower than your 700Mhz box). It isn't the speed of the processor as much as it is crucial for ram.

You'll need a minimum of 256MB RAM to run Ubuntu, somewhat comfortably... the more the better.

There are distros built for rigs with less than 128 or 64 megs of RAM like, Xubuntu, Fluxubuntu, DSL, Puppy and more.

My now backup desktop (backup since I just built a new 64bit rig), runs with 1GB of RAM on a 2800 Athlon XP CPU (1.8Ghz)... and quite well I might add. :)

[Lster]

See my signature.

[ErwinC]

Intel Pentium D 830 (3.0 GHz, 2 x 1MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB, Dual Core Technologie)
1.024 MB DDR2-SRAM (533 MHz, 64 Bit, Dual-Channel)
Nvidia GeForce 6700 XL, 128 MB, 533 MHz
Seagate 250GB (8MB Cache, S-ATA, 7.200 RPM)
Sony 16x Dual Layer Multi-Standard DVD-/CD-brander met Lightscribe-Technologie
Sony 16x DVD-ROM

[Kappity]

Thinkpad A20M laptop
500 MHz Celeron
512 MB RAM (upgraded from the original 128 )
40 GB Hard drive (original was only 6GB)
ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x video card.
CD drive, not writeable.
Floppy drive :)
Single USB jack, have to use a hub if I want wireless and the ability to plug in a flash drive at the same time.

It's too slow for most 3D graphics that I've tried. Also, a couple of programs simply cannot be sized to fit in the 800x600 screen, which is the max resolution possible for this model.

Boots up rather slowly, several minutes, which doesn't really bother me.

CPU usage goes to 100% with a couple of chess playing programs, but they do run.

In general, though, it runs well enough that I'd consider this computer fully functional, considering how I actually plan to use it.

[svtfmook]

AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.25GHz daily (3GHz when i'm feeling froggy)
Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe at 250MHz daily (333MHz for benching)
2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR500 @ 1:1 (250MHz 3-3-3-8 )
EVGA 7900GS
3 x WD 250GB SATA II HDD's
Hyper 580W Type R PSU
Creative Audigy ZS Platinum Sound Card
18x DVD Burner
Antec 900 Case
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Logitech MX518 Mouse
Arctic Cooling AC64 Freezer Pro CPU Cooler
Zalman Fality GPU Cooler
3 x Arctic Cooling AC120 Fans
Sunbeam Chromatic Windmill Temp Monitor/Fan Controller

all needs some serious upgrading.

[-grubby]

My signature. Also, I ran GNOME on a 500 MHZ processor

[MariusSilverwolf]

Athlon64 Newcastle 3400+ @ 2.4 GHz w/ 512 L2 cache

2 GB PC3200 400 MHz DDRAM

1 7200RPM 40 GB SATA HDD w/ 3.0 GB/S transfer speed

1 7200RPM 250GB SATA HDD w/ 3.0 GB/S transfer speed

GeForce 7600 AGP Video Card w/ 246 GDDR2 RAM @ 400 MHz

[jgrabham]

Athlon x2 3600 (2Ghz)
2x 800mhz 512MB RAM sticks
On-board geforce 6100
80GB HDD
xp and fedora 7 (havent put ubuntu back on since i formatted the drive a few days ago!! :()

[awalsh]

Amd X2 64bit Athlon 5000+
4gb Ram
500gb storage (2 x 250gb, with plans to go to 1.5tb soon)
Ubuntu Gutsy with a few Virtual Machines (windows, gentoo etc)

I remember running Redhat 8 on a 800mhz processor, but I dont think it was gnome.... probably KDE.

[Cochise]

AMD Athlon64 3200+
1GB PC3200 RAM
160GB SATA 7200RPM Drive
ATi Radeon x300 PCI-E
DVD+-RW DL
NEC Multisync FP950 Monitor

[Phil Airtime]

Most people seem to have better computers than me. Oh well; this one does everything I need, the only reason I'd ever buy a new one is quietness.

[-grubby]

Most people seem to have better computers than me. Oh well; this one does everything I need, the only reason I'd ever buy a new one is quietness.

Your computer is ions better than mine are. My next computer will probably be about that good

[inversekinetix]

V

[mysticrider92]

AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.25GHz daily (3GHz when i'm feeling froggy).....

all needs some serious upgrading.

:shock: That is a pretty fast computer compared to what a lot of people run Linux on..

My rig:
Athlon 64 3200+ (~2.0ghz)
MSI 761-GM2-V
1gb of DDR ram
XFX 7600GT XXX edition (factory oc)
cheap case and psu...
Lite-on 20?x dvd burner
80gb WD hard drive split between Ubuntu 7.10, Arch Linux, and Vista (which will be transfered to another pc eventually, and probably replaced with Gentoo)

[boast]

ubuntu with compiz, not the fastest but good enough, on:
Athlon XP @ 1.88ghz, 1.5gb PC2100, GF GX5500.

Xubuntu, kinda slow but managable, on:
P3 800ghz, 320mb ram, trident onboard video.

[King_Critter]

64-Bit AMD Athlon running 1 Ghz
2 Gigs of RAM
256 MB Geforce 6800
80 GB HDD

It works prety good -- the only thing I see myself changing in the next few years is the processor. Gnome runs fine, though Xfce seems to go a bit faster. I like it. :P

[syms]

thanks at your answers,
my pc is 900 mhz duron, 80 gb 7200 rpm samsung hdd, nv riva tnt2 model 64 32 mb video ram 64 bits, 256 mb ram (only for now:)), i have tried xubuntu, but xfce i think is not very very much faster than gnome eh? when i upgrade my ram to 512 mb, then does it will be much faster? i know that gnome needs much ram memory. because i want to install ubuntu feisty (again) when i will have 512 ram. does my ubuntu with gnome works quite fast and smooth when i upgrade to 512 ram?

[Sunflower1970]

*points to siggie*

I've use Gnome on the PII in the past, and although I found it a touch slow, it was very usable.

[spamzilla]

Current laptop:

dell latitude - pentium III 850mhz processor, 256mb ram, 20gb hd, rage crappy graphics card.

Laptop i just bought:

Novatech Rasor Pro - Intel Core Duo T7100 1.8ghz, 2048Mb ram, 160Gb SATA HD, DVDRW, Intel GMA X3100 Graphics.

Can't wait for my laptop to turn up tomorrow :D

[LowSky]

amd athlon 64 3700+ (2.2Mhz i think) socket 939 (single core)
2Gb RAM
74 GB Hard drive WD Raptor(Windows)
200 GB HD Maxtor (ubuntu/Storage)
Lite on DVDRW
Nvdia Geforce 8600GT

[dogson]

AMD64 3200+ Venice
MSI K8N-SLI
2GB DDR 3200 RAM
2TB HD 4x500GB Samsung disks
Nvidia Geforce 6600GT

my next computer will probably be a laptop, Dell xps 1330 or a Macbook
and this one downgraded to fileserver/mythtv box.

[Billy_McBong]

Pentium D 3Ghz
1 GB DDR2
Nvidia GeForce 7300
320 GB SATA HDD

works great

[Mr. Ksoft]

I have an Athlon 64 3500+ but it doesn't seem to cooperate with Linux, so I run Linux on a rather ancient old beige brick. It runs, for sure, and Compiz actually works pretty well (until you open an OpenGL-based program... then it dies. So I usually run without effects). Some programs are kind of slow (web browsing in particular), owing to a slightly low amount of RAM and slow hard drives to cache to.

Pentium 2 / 450 mhz
320MB SDRAM (That's the maximum the motherboard will take, sadly. I think it would run a lot better at 512MB)
12GB and 40GB hard drives
ATI Radeon 7500 64MB video card
an Ensoniq sound card of some sort, apparently a Sound Blaster PCI64 clone
Memorex CD-RW burner
Some first-generation DVD drive

If only I could up the RAM and possibly upgrade the processor to a P3. It might run nicely.

[NJC]

Ubuntu 6.06 Gnome:

PIII/500Mhz 512megs RAM

And yes it's slow. And yes Xubuntu desktop is zippier but more problematic with my hardware.

[-grubby]

Ubuntu 6.06 Gnome:

PIII/500Mhz 512megs RAM

And yes it's slow. And yes Xubuntu desktop is zippier but more problematic with my hardware.

you could install XFCE by typing in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install xfce4