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I enjoyed using a previous Xfce version of Salix, but decided to experiment with LXDE. I'm currently running Salix 13.37 LXDE on the hardware listed in my signature file. The OS is on a root (/) partition of 12 GB and a /home partition of 14 GB.

After the initial installation, the only problem I encountered was a conflict between the Nouveau driver and my Nvidia integrated GPU. Thanks to maximus' instructions in the forum thread below, it took just a few minutes to install the proprietary Nvidia driver and have the X Server working without any issues:

http://tinyurl.com/82j7pfx

< Edit: I discovered that there are also detailed instructions in the Wiki:

http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/H ... DIA_driver
"How to Install the proprietary NVIDIA driver." >

I'd like to thank everyone involved with the development of this release. Salix OS is working great for me and has been very stable.

One of these but I've slapped another couple of GB RAM in it

EeePC 1005HAB. 1 GB RAM, dual-core Atom N270 processor. 160 GB SATA hard drive, and the ever vexing Intel 945 graphics chipset.

Yes, it works. Somehow.

I have Salix64 KDE 13.37 installed on a home built box with the following specs:
Antec Three Hundred Case
AMD Phenom II 64 X6-1100T/ 3.3GHz -9MB Black BOX AM3
Asus Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard
Plextor PX-L890SA internal SATA DVD/CD Super Multi Writer
GeForce GT220-1024MB-DDR2-VGA/DVI+HDMI-ASUS V2
2 x 1 TB-Western WD1002FAEX Black-7200RPM-SATA-III-64M
GeIL 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ATX Power Supply

Salix 13.37 Xfce
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Motherboard GigaByte GA-EP43-UD3L
CPU Intel 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Ram 4 GB (2x2GB) 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics GeForce GTS 450 1024 MB
HDD 2x1TB 7200RPM SATA
DVD/CD SATA
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P.S.
Long live linux

Salix Xfce 13.37 x86_64 (desktop) on:
P4 3Gh
2G ram
nvidia gt 8XX0

Salix Xfce 13.37 x86_64 (laptop) on:
i5 2.5Gh
4G ram
intel acceleration HD 3000 + 1G nvidia gt
500 Gb HDD
14" screen

Gateway lt3103u
1.2Ghz Athlon 64
2G Ram
250G HDD
ATI Graphics (this is a pain)

Running Salix Ratpoison x86_64. Literally the only flavour of Linux that has worked with this hardware right out of the box. And it seems that the Ratpoison version was made with me in mind. From preinstalled apps to rc configs, the whole thing is how I'd want it.