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Distribution: INSTALLED: Mandrake 9.1 , Knoppix 3.2 ,lindows LAYING AROUND MY HOUSE:slackware 9, red hat 9
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need help desiding wut distro
i have an old pc. i think its a 97.heres the info
232mhz
40mb ram
4 mb video mem
6gb hd
cd & floppy
currently running knoppix 3.2 on swap partition
wut distro wood be best for this situation. i already tryed mandrake 9.1 but it freezes when loggin in. n e sugestions.by the way this is not my main pc.
It's relatively hard for a beginner, but it rocks if you love reading and editing and want get the most from your configuration and learn a true Linux/Unix system like .
Definitely, Slackware 9.0 asks for a minimum of 386 processor and 16 of RAM. I'm running it in a 2GHZ with 512 of RAM and in a Pentium 166 with 32 of RAM. It's a very versatile distribution .
With that computer, which is very similar to mine, you will have a hard time running the latest versions of KDE or GNOME. I'm running the ones that come with Red Hat 7.2 and they take a long time to come up. The best bet is to just run a window manager such as Window Maker, fluxbox, icewm, fvwm, etc.
As far as the best distro? I like Red Hat 7.2. If you or a friend is on high speed internet with a burner you can download what you want from http://www.linuxiso.org
Go with something hard. All those "easy configuration tools" are bogus. They never work as well as learning how to do stuff yourself. Also, distros like RH and MDK default to tons of unneccesary services that are gonna choke yer oldschool computer. For your situation, the benefits of a light/fast version of linux are going to make all the difference, usability wise.
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