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[TheExposedOne]

Hi I have a HTPC(Home Theatre PC) like setup with my TV but it only has 384MB RAM and ATI Radeon . CPU is P4 1.6GHz

I know the Graphics card is capable of Compiz but i'd like to know of a Distro that has a nice GUI(really nice) and has lower RAM requirement than Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Redhat, Mandriva.

I don't want puppy linux or SDL because i don't like the GUI
i don't want Slackware because of some complications in hardware

So i'd like a free distro with low system requirements and a really nice GUI, with a large app database and driver support

Any Suggestions, thanks

Edited by toshtev, 16 June 2010 - 01:21 PM.

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[Eli L]

ArchLinux. <- My favorite distro.

You should have command line experience though. It installs with only base/core packages and you install everything else from there. Which means theres no gui when you install. It is exactly what you want it to be.

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[TheExposedOne]

Maybe not ArchLinux because of the Hastle but anything else

[andriy]

You will not find distro with nice GUI and low RAM requirements.
You can try ancient Windows.

[zngga]

I like Linux Mint, low system requirements and uses the GNOME desktop environment! Uses the same package database as Ubuntu, so lots of stuff. Has a simple yet effective GUI, and supports compiz and desktop effects! You should also look into the BSNC if you duel boot with windows.