On 15 Aug 2001 20:37:49 +1000, Joel Mayes writes: >>>>>> "gary" == gary p largess <bakerbob65@juno.com> writes: > > gary> I do not want to experiment with the computer I use for > gary> work/school, but I have a "project" computer I would like to > gary> install some version of Linux on. 133 Mhz Pentium less than > gary> 300 Mb available hard drive 8 Mb mem. All I want is a > gary> version of Linux I can install on this machine, that has a > gary> graphic interface (I have old/bad memories of DOS), I'm even > gary> willing to pay a small amount. > > >While your Pentium CPU is more then powerful enough to run Linux you >would have huge problems running X (the linux GUI) with only 8Mb of >RAM, 16Mb would be fine if you can dig up some old memory chips and >stick to a light window manager, FVWM is my recomendation and runs >fine with 16 Mb. I second that, but try to aim for as much RAM as possible. I´m running debian on a Pentium 1 "under"clocked to 50 MHz just fine, but then it has never had less than 80 MB RAM. fvwm(2,95) (is/would be) my choice for a windowmanager on slow machines. cheers, &rw -- -- "If my son wants to be a pimp when he grows up, that's fine with me. I -- hope he's a good one and enjoys it and doesn't get caught. I'll support -- him in this. But if he wants to be a network administrator, he's out of -- the house and not part of my family." Steve Wozniak, http://www.woz.org ----
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