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Both Slack 9.0 or Debian should run very well in that machine, as long as you don't use a heavy Desktop Managers as Gnome or KDE. If you still want to go down one step in distributions, perhaps Deli Linux would be nice. I use it in my old 166 MHZ, but I think you should stick with Debian or Slack and a lighter Desktop/Window manager as Fluxbox or IceWM
I'm sure there is a good reason but I don't understand why you are explicitly saying that "Slackware 9.0" will run well on that machine. Is there a big difference between 9 and 9.1?
Or is there a big difference between running say, Slack 3 Vs Slack 9.1 - so long as you go for a similar installation on an old machine :)?
On 64MB of ram you must make an minimum of 128MB swap partition for the distriobution..because 64mb is very little..and install the most commponents that you will use...others not...and if yo dont use the X dont install it...! if the machine is for server...because the X make the machine to work more slowly on old machines...
I'm sure there is a good reason but I don't understand why you are explicitly saying that "Slackware 9.0" will run well on that machine. Is there a big difference between 9 and 9.1?
Or is there a big difference between running say, Slack 3 Vs Slack 9.1 - so long as you go for a similar installation on an old machine ?
Maybe I'm just sleepy - night night!
Steve
Hmmm, yeah and no . There's very little difference between Slack 9.0 and 9.1. 9.1 is optimized for i486 machines, while 9.0 for i386 machines. This usually also means an older kernel (better for older machines) and older packages, making the installation relatively smaller. In GM Myrdin's case, it won't matter. Both 9.0 and 9.1 will run just as well since he is above the requirements. I simply recommended 9.0 because I did not like 9.1 and have had a lot of problems with Alsa with it .
Now, in the case of my 166 MHZ, yeah, an older distribution as Slack 7.1 makes wonders. It comes with a much smaller kernel and about the same "age" then that computer, plus supporting the hardware as it should, since newer kernels are totally dropping old machines support. Some goes to XFree versions: The newer ones (Xfree4.x) has dropped support for older graphics card. As I said, that machine(my 166 MHZ) runs Deli Linux, which is Slack 7.1 based and uses the stable 2.2.25 kernel...
When you are really low on resources, kernel version/size and packages version/size really makes a difference . But on this case, it's more a matter of using lighter applications then the distribution/kernel itself.. I guess (?), I'm also a bit sleepy, but because I just woke up, lol.
Last edited by Mega Man X; 06-11-2004 at 04:45 PM.
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