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« on: 13 June 2002, 02:38 »
i have a 60mhz pentium sitting around /*no i didt forget a zero*/ with a 500 megabyte harddrive and a massive 32 megs of ram. it is currently running debian but i am wondering whether slackware would be a better solution for it and for some that would ask this is not my main machine. but it can crunch a seti packet every week and i am wonder which runs faster
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« Reply #1 on: 13 June 2002, 03:11 »
On a machine that slow, I have no idea what would be better.

Sticking with debian might be the best idea, since it already works and as you said can do a SETI packet in a week(pretty good considering the machine's specs).

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« Reply #2 on: 13 June 2002, 03:29 »
on that note i am in the middle of building a pentium 100mhz system, what do you guys think i should install on it
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mips: the graphical way
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« Reply #3 on: 13 June 2002, 04:16 »
Hmmmmm.. You could always try building your own linux such as 'Linux from Scratch' or 'Build your Own Linux (BYO Linux)'
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« Reply #4 on: 13 June 2002, 05:04 »
actaully, you might have missed my other post about ChoasnetOS, my idea was to build it thing on a 2 gig harddrive that is sitting in my 8 ide drive setup boot the machine with say a floppy, then have the floppy mount the / through nfs, and run the machine without a harddrive, that would almost be a diskless workstation
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!

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« Reply #5 on: 13 June 2002, 05:17 »
Just use Windows 95

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« Reply #6 on: 13 June 2002, 05:22 »
You might want to look into Gentoo Linux. It's supposed to be the fastest. They tweaked it up just for speed.

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« Reply #7 on: 13 June 2002, 05:27 »
yeah i tried to get it working on my main computer but my isp was being ghey at the time /*still is*/ i will probably end up using gentoo, though, i just need the machine up now, i think i am going to use FreeBSD on it. actually, OpenBSD doens't look too bad, though, cuase i am looking to use the 100mhz system for a server, though thanks for the advice
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
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« Reply #8 on: 13 June 2002, 05:30 »
o and for xp luser, suprissingly i am actally installing a MODERN os on the computer that will run very well a machine of those specs. BSD is soo damned good even microsoft uses it, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, /*couldn't resist telling the truth*/
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
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« Reply #9 on: 13 June 2002, 05:33 »
BSD was created decades ago.  Give me a break.

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« Reply #10 on: 13 June 2002, 05:42 »
how does one go about installing OpenBSD on a system with a scsi card and drive, i never tried to install OpenBSD on anything.
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!