A little small but enough assuming you're not going to be storing a lot of personal data.
After installation Linux Mint 7 should take up around 4-5GB of space I believe.
installing linux mint
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proxima_centauri
Re: installing linux mint
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richyrich
Re: installing linux mint
Hi irish,
Your specs show 320mb ram, which is a little low for installation of Mint 'Main' (Gnome). Clem states in the Release blog that 512mb is recommended for installation, but should run on less ram once installed. There have been some forum posts regarding installation with less ram, you may want to search them up before taking the plunge!
I have an old pc with 256mb, and I decided to go with the Xfce community edition, and it installed with NO problems whatsoever!
Very fast too!
Only version 6 is available at present, The version 7 (Gloria) community editions are going to be released within the next week or two.
regards, Richard
ps: ram is pretty cheap nowadays!
Your specs show 320mb ram, which is a little low for installation of Mint 'Main' (Gnome). Clem states in the Release blog that 512mb is recommended for installation, but should run on less ram once installed. There have been some forum posts regarding installation with less ram, you may want to search them up before taking the plunge!
I have an old pc with 256mb, and I decided to go with the Xfce community edition, and it installed with NO problems whatsoever!
Very fast too!Only version 6 is available at present, The version 7 (Gloria) community editions are going to be released within the next week or two.
regards, Richard
ps: ram is pretty cheap nowadays!
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emorrp1
Re: installing linux mint
I don't think a fresh install shouldn't take more than 3GB, mine is currently only 4GB, I recommend 6GB partitions for Linux on small HDD. I also recommend the XFCE edition.
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Aging Technogeek
Re: installing linux mint
If you are worried about installing with short ram, check out Mint 6 Fluxbox Edition. In direct install mode, Fluxbox will install with as little as 128 Meg of ram or 64 Meg with a preinstalled 64 Meg swap space.