Re: debian for public stations
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> I am new to the list and am investigating some options for configuring our
> publically accessible PCs. Through various upgrades and other developments
> we are also assembling a growing base of 486DX stations with 16 MB RAM. One
> option we are exploring is to use debian on these units. Linux has
> smaller requirements than windows and might make it possible to get some
> additional mileage out of this equipment.
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> Has anyone put together a minimally configured and locked-down system with
> debian ? I am running a graphical java application and some x-windows
> applications.
If by minimal you mean 486DX with 16 MB RAM, I am running a AMD486DX4
100 MHz system at home and it does work nicely with X11. I compile
stuff, program, edit, use TeX and XFig with it. If you want to do
heavy computational stuff or graphics manipulation, it is a bit slow
though.
Eric
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