Re: distro for 486 with 32 MB ram
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:14:22 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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> > I never could run Sarge's installer re memory so went with Woody and
> > upgraded. I can try that with Etch but want to have a fall-back
> > position in case the attempt hoses. I'm on very slow dialup so getting
> > back to where its at now would take a few weeks. Since Sarge's aptitude
> > takes a few minutes to load (due to the size of the packages file), I
> > fear that Etch will take proportionally longer and run out of memory.
>
> Use apt-get instead. It uses less resources. (I think.)
When I switched my old K6 from apt-get to aptitude, there was a very
noticeable increase in sluggishness.
Celejar
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