On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 09:56:45AM -0700, Gregg & Monica wrote: > I need to know if my computer can support debian....and I need to knwo if it > will support the gui...here are my computers info... > > cyrix MII 266Mhz, 4gig hard drive, windows ME loaded and updated, sound card > w/powered speakers, 2usb ports,scroll mouse, keyboard,56k modem, 24Xcd rom > <needs drivers>, 32mb memory, video card has s-video, 2 open sdram slots > > thanks..... > > kyle
Comments: You need another hard drive. 4Gb is too small (IMO) for Windoze, let alone another OS. Plus, installing Linux on a separate drive reduces the risk of damaging your Windoze installation. It's hard to get a new HD less that 40Gb these days, and they're dead cheap, so that's what I'd do. Memory: if you can manage with 32Mb in Windoze, Linux should be OK. However, I strongly recommend you stick 128Mb in one of your spare sdram slots. Memory is really dead cheap at the moment. Processor: your Cyrix is OK, but a secondhand Pentium of the same speed is again dead cheap and likely to be more reliable. That's nothing to do with the OS; Cyrix processors have a bad reputation for overheating. Intel processors have much more margin in the specs. Modem: if you can set it up as a "Standard Modem" in Windoze, it's a hardware modem and you're OK. If it won't work without drivers in Windoze, it's a "Winmodem" which are a bitch in Linux, but decreasingly so. CD-ROM "needs drivers"... they all need drivers to work in DOS mode. Do you mean it won't work - at all - without special drivers in Windoze? I've not heard of any CD-ROMs - especially recent enough to be 24x - that Linux can't handle on its own. Scroll mice can be a pain to get the scroll wheel working, but cross that bridge when you come to it. The ordinary functions are usually OK. Sound card, video card: make/model/chipset? Are your USB ports used for your mouse and keyboard, or are they just there, and your mouse/keyboard use "ordinary" ports? Should we call you kyle, or Gregg & Monica? :-) HTH Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
