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Installing linux
lazygamer:
It sounds like Linux GUI stuff can be slow on older systems. When I put Linux on mine, any thing to watch out for? Im hoping that with a 433 celeron and 384mb ram(a shitload of ram) that it can run any GUI I throw at it.
choasforages:
well, if i can run kde 3 with the liquid plugin/*yes it looks sweet*/ on my k6-III system /*im getting a pIII 450 machine tommoror i think*/ i think on a celly you could use it too. when i play games however, i use windowmaker. /*makes me want to go and shell $400 fora next workstation, anybody else have that same feeling when useing windowsmaker?*/ it's fast and doesn't eat alot of resources, well have phun with linux. the only thing i have to say is have patience and go buy a linux book from a bookstore/*it doesn't even have to be ultra modern*/
edit, and for creedon, i have a 60mhz machine and 133 mhz machines /*they are of the cursed x86 kind*/ running debian 2.2.6. and windowmaker runs pretty quick on the 60mhz, but on the 133mhz im using a shited monitor/*the phucker's tooooo damned fuzzy, then agian thats what free equipmten will buy you*/
second edit, i also had a 100mhz x86 box running a webserver it did quite nice. that one was running slackware till i put OpenBSD on it
[ June 23, 2002: Message edited by: choasforages ]
creedon:
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edit, and for creedon, i have a 60mhz machine and 133 mhz machines /*they are of the cursed x86 kind*/ running debian 2.2.6. and windowmaker runs pretty quick on the 60mhz, but on the 133mhz im using a shited monitor/*the phucker's tooooo damned fuzzy, then agian thats what free equipmten will buy you*/
second edit, i also had a 100mhz x86 box running a webserver it did quite nice. that one was running slackware till i put OpenBSD on it
[ June 23, 2002: Message edited by: choasforages ][/QB]
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Yeah, that's "Potato"; current stable. "Woody" is 3.0 current testing; I'm setting aside a 10 Gb. partition for "sid" Still In Developement current unstable- ought to be fun!!!
ahri:
I got a p200. Mandrake 8.0 would not install with 32 MB of ram. I had to put 94 MB in and then it would only install in text mode.
I hear gentoo is one of the fastest distros if that's what your look'n for.
Master of Reality:
I installed redhat with 32 MB of RAM in text mode. Graphic mode needed 64 MB (i think). ITs on my server though, which is a 166MHZ Pentium MMX with 32MB of RAM and a 1GB Hard Drive.
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