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Re: Debian & Old Toshiba Laptop



On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:43:18PM +0000, Evgeny M. Zubok wrote:
> Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> 
> 
> > With such a tiny amount of RAM, I think you need DSL (D*mn Small Linux).
> 
> The main problem is the Linux kernel's swapping. It is slow regardless
> the distribution and kernel (2.4 or 2.6). Win98 with FireFox 1.5,
> AutoCad, Office (running together!) works well with such limited
> hardware resources. There is no fast linux kernel in this sense, even in
> DSL.
> 
I don't care how light you think Win98 is, 16 MB RAM is not enough to
even get the OS booted without swapping.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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