onebuck |
01-30-2011 06:58 AM |
Hi,
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Originally Posted by trist007
(Post 4241980)
Slackware would be an excellent fit for 64 mb of RAM. Also, if you really want to learn linux and learn it well Slackware is your distro. It is the oldest Linux distro as well as being the most Unix like. It's my favorite distro and my best recommendation.
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You may get a install for a version of Slackware to run in 64MB. Doubtful it would be 13.1 on older hardware because of legacy hardware. DE or 'X' for that matter would be poor.
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excerpt from Slackware-HOWTO2. Hardware Requirements
Most PC hardware will work fine with Slackware, but some Plug-and-Play
devices can be tricky to set up. In some cases you can work around this
by letting DOS initialize the card and then starting Slackware with the
Loadlin utility. Setting the computer's BIOS to configure Plug-and-Play
cards also may help -- to do this, change the "Plug and Play OS" option to
"no".
Here's a basic list of what you'll need to install Slackware:
128 megabytes (128MB) or more of RAM. If you have less RAM than this, you
might still be able to install, but if so don't expect the best possible
experience.
You also will need some disk space to install Slackware. For a complete
installation, you'll probably want to devote a 10GB *or larger* partition
completely to Slackware (you'll need almost 6GB for a full default
installation, and then you'll want extra space when you're done).
If you haven't installed Slackware before, you may have to experiment.
If you've got the drive space, more is going to be better than not enough.
Also, you can always install only the first software set (the A series
containing only the basic system utilities) and then install more software
later once your system is running.
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For older legacy hardware I would suggest that a user to select earlier versions of Slackware. I'm not saying that newer version would not work but that the user experience would be better for older versions on older hardware.
Be sure to look at the 'txt' files within the versions for helpful information.
:hattip:
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