Zbigniew Perski said:
I would like to use my old Toshiba Satellite 210 CS with Linux +Xwindows. It is a weak machine (P120, 1.3HDD, 16MB RAM) and standard edition RH 6.1 running so slowly that it is impossible to use it for work. I would like to ask in following questions: 1. Which distribution is the most suitable for this resources? 2. Is it even possible to run X on 16MB RAM or better forget it? 3. Is it possible to install and then use Office package like OpenOffice on my Toshiba? 4. Is it possible to run a wine on this computer?
I have a Toshiba Satellite 430 CDT with the P-120 and 1.2 G HD with 48MB RAM. I tried X for a while, but using Gnome or KDE kept the cpu constantly pegged. StarOffice 5.2 also ran very slowly. I ran Windowmaker for a while, but still apps ran very slowly, but it was tolerable, with the exception of StarOffice. I am now using it console only with Woody. I would have to say imho that 16MB RAM will make it very difficult for you to run X. Just my $.02 worth. -- kometboy kometboy@columbus.rr.com (Debian GNU/Linux) http://home.columbus.rr.com/kometboy