----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Are these machines up to it?
> Hi, > > Over the comming months I am starting a "teach-your-self" program. I > am learning more of linux than just a desktop. I have a small lan at home > for my wife, daughters and myself. The three of them use WinXP, and I > have a desktop of myown running stable and a file server for all of > us, also running stable. > > I now have come by two old machines that I want to employ, but before > I throw mt self at it, I want to know if they are up to the task, and > also if they are, will they likley remain suitable for the tasks as > new versions of software are released > > 1: I have a 133MHz pentium, 1Gb disk and 32Mb ram. I want to use this > as a firewall. > > 2: Also an 400MHz AMD K6-2, 6Gb disk and 80Mb ram. This is to be a > name server and an email server > > Neither of them will have X on them, so what I need to know is; > a: they are not up to the tasks > b: they are just up to the tasks > c: they are easily up to the tasks > Hi Keith, I would definitely say c: I have a 200MHz 64Mb Ram 4Gb HDD running as a firewall, mail server and local webserver - no problems whatsoever (3 users). Web is a little slow but not enough to get me to upgrade. I have a KDE with evolution and galeon and such memory hungry stuff running on a 450MHz with 256MB RAM so there. Regards, Shri
