Re: Minimum hardware requirements? Web-based version?
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:09:59AM -0700, Dawn Miller wrote:
> I have a client who uses Debian GNU/Linux (versions 2.2.6, 2.2.13, 2.0.18 and 2.1.?) on four of their servers.
I assume those are kernel version numbers since they don't look like Debian
versions. However, all of them need the kernel's updated, since there are
bugs and known security issues with all of them IIRC.
> I have two questions that I am trying to get answered for them, and did not find the info on the Debian web site:
>
> 1) What are the minimum hardware requirements for installing Debian GNU/Linux? Will this change for near-future versions (next 18 mos or so)?
On our website we have install docs that give this information. Off the top
of my head, I think the minimum sane hardware is a 486 with 8 megs of RAM,
prefered is a Pentium with atleast 32 megs, and even more if you are going
to use things like X or a database. What you do with the machine has a lot
of impact on the hardware requirements.
> 2) Is there (or will there be) a web-based version of this product available?
I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you mean a version with web
capabilities, like http etc. Then yes we have always had the capability.
Also I'd like to add a quick note, "Debian GNU/Linux" is not a product. It
is a Linux distribution that is completely free and developed/maintained by
hundreds of volunteer developers. You wont find a company called "Debian"
although we do operate under a non-profit org called "Software in the Public
Interest". You can, however, purchase versions of Debian from some corporate
vendors. These come in two forms, such as standard CD vendors like
CheapBytes to "box sets" like the VA/SGI/Oreilly Debian distribution. Then
there are companies that distribute versions of GNU/Linux based on Debian,
such as Stormix and Corel.
Ben
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