Re: Installing Debian on 486
On Aug 13 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 12:52:27AM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> > Wow, I use a computer not much better than that one. :-)
>
> Servers, workstations, or what?
>
> While I could see a departmental file/print/mail server, or a firewall
> system with reasonable traffic, and possible a limited task workstation
> or X terminal, based off of a 486, I'd have a really hard time seeing
> someone using this as a full locally-homed GUI workstation.
Well, one of the machines is a print server with a user using
emacs at the console. But you're right, running X would make
it slow to a crawl...
[]s, Roger...
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