On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:06:07 CST, Jacob S writes: >> I need some advice. Is debian fit for a Pentium 100MHz PC with 16MB >> RAM and approx 4Gb harddisk? Are there anyone who has experience with >> such a slow machine running debian (or any other linux dist)? 16 MB RAM is ok, provided you don't want anything (graphically) fancy. But for, say, fvwm2, mutt and a couple xterms it should be usable. >I'm currently using a Pentium 133Mhz with a 3GB hard drive for my >firewall. It does, however, have 64MB of ram instead of 16MB. Heh. I have a 386 with 4 MB RAM as a firewall ;) (although getting Woody on it was quite an adventure, as the installer alone needs more memory). >You could probably use your computer for similar purposes, though I >would recommend trying to get a little more ram in it. You could >also use it as a dumb terminal for running off a terminal server. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <rw@coretec.at> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 /
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