If you really want to run KDE, a graphical web browser and office apps (StarOffice, etc) then you should not follow the pain-filled path of trying to do so with 16MB of RAM. My laptop with 64MB is painfully slow with KDE.
A laptop with 16MB would make a good firewall or small access router. If you want to find something useful to do with that old hw. On Friday 21 June 2002 02:25 pm, gregory mott wrote: > 16mb is not much these days. many might mutter that the dump is best. > > no way i'm gonna leave it with lose95. but, what would y'all suggest? > > RH7.1+ insists on 40+ mb. i can probably get around it by installing on > something else, cooking up a slim kernel, and then copying over the disk > contents. since my linux experience is mostly redhat, this is the route > i may go, tho, b4 i got started with RH i had fiddled a bit with debian > and mu-linux, and did notice there are hundreds of others.. > > i'd like to get it going with something like kde, email, browser, and > office apps. may i hear from others who have something useful running > in 16mb? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
