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hello,

In first place sorry for my english
actually I need to use a very light OS for the pc of my mather (an Acer TravelMate 4200 with only 512 MB of ram). With xp is almost impossible navigate into the Internet (youtube pages) and use skype in a confortable way (only calls, not videocalls). So I found severals interesting solutions in this article:
http://www.tasc.it/2012/11/05/42-sistem ... i-leggeri/
when I saw that Kolibri require only 8 mb of ram for running I was very surprising!
I would ask if it is possible use this operating system in according with needs of my mather (only two):
- load videos of youtube
- and the most important: use skype or some compatible software for communicate with her brother using the call functionality

thanks guys

Sorry, but right now unfortunately it's not possible to use KolibriOS for those tasks. Maybe in 6 months it would be possible - we are working on porting a web browser.
In your situation, I think the best OS is Puppy Linux or Damn Small Linux.

thanks for the reply, I hope that you'll integrate this tasks in a future so I'll migrate on Kolibri

Puppy linux or Damn Small linux are lighter than xPUD or Lubuntu?
for my mother it is important the lightweight and the possibility to use a browser web for see youtube pages, and the possibility to use skype

threadul wrote:Puppy linux or Damn Small linux are lighter than xPUD or Lubuntu?
for my mother it is important the lightweight and the possibility to use a browser web for see youtube pages, and the possibility to use skype

Both Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux are lighter than Lubuntu. I haven't tried xPUD.
Puppy Linux works in the same manner as KolibriOS - it loads itself into RAM, so it works fast even on slow computers.

ok, thanks very much. However I'll make an upgrade of the ram memory when (and if) it will be arrive fom Hong Kong.

Hi,

if you try linux, you might try bodhi linux with enlightment desktop it is perfect for your needs!

CU

I'm posting this post from Puppy Linux now, so if you want help, you are welcome