Re: Debian PC Requirements
Chris Howells <chris@chrishowells.co.uk> dichiarò:
It requires at least a 386 to run. The kernel of the GNU/Linux system
(Linux) is a 32 bit kernel and 386 is the start of 32 bit chips from
Intel.
For the sake of completeness, I will point out that this in incorrect.
http://www.elks.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
The name ELKS stands for "Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset". So, as
claimed on the elks site, elks is NOT a port of the linux kernel, and
debian has never been ported to this kernel.
To run, the linux kernel need at least 2 Mb of ram. But this is for the
kernel *alone*. For some simple and particular apps (not graphic) 4 mb
are enough. To have something graphic you need *at least* 8 Mb of ram,
and a distribuition specifically designed for your needs (try mulinux or
similar). In this case you can also use an old version of debian (maybe
the release 2.0). For the new (still to come) Woody release (3.0) and to
use the graphical interface (xfree) you nedd 16 Mb. Maybe it is a little
bit slow... ;-)
Fortunately debian comes with a lot of packages, designed to satisfy
different needs: if you haven't a lot of ram and cpu power, you can try
xfce or windowmaker and leave gnome and kde to better powered machine.
(And remember that not using a graphic ineterface at all saves an *huge*
amount of memory: the shell prompt is so beautiful :)
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Au revoir.
Lele...
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