On Thursday 02 October 2003 21:44, Kevin Mark wrote: > P I/75 32MB 2GB > (may upgrade memory to 64/96MB) > (also may try cpu upgrade.) > Which version of Debian (or possibly Slackware) would work? > Kernel 2.2 or 2.4, X 4 or 3, Abiword, gnumeric or OO? KDE, Gnome, > XFCE or ? Or anything that would help get the most out of this setup.
I must admit I used a similarly speced machine for a router. It was so convenient to have PCI slots for NICs, that's why I didn't use older machines for that. Once upon a time (around 1995), my first encounter with Linux was when I ran X on a 386 25 MHz. It worked, but it wasn't fun. Times have changed, I guess, I wouldn't have run anything heavy on that today, and wouldn't have used it on the desktop. What I would have done with this hardware if I were to put them on a desktop is to run it is a diskless thin client, boot it from network or floppy, and connect them to a server. This is obviously only an option if you have quite a few of them, and access to some more hefty hardware for the server. I haven't done that, but I know many who have... In other words, very little would run on these boxes themselves. Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
