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08-10-2003, 06:57 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
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which distro?
ive got an old 486/75
with 24mb ram and a 3gb hd
i need an os for it
i would like xfree86 if it would run smoothly with gnome
cd install is not an option; only a network or floppy install would work
but i would prefer a network install
i also would like the distro to be relatively new
suggestions?
btw
i dont care if compile or boot times are rediculasly long
as long as it runs smoth once started
Last edited by Spaz17; 08-10-2003 at 07:03 PM.
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08-10-2003, 07:19 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 255
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I honestly said don't know if x windows / gnome will work "properly" on this system...it probably won't even start x windows for you.
If you're planning to run a server or this system as a firewall or wahtsoever, it shouldn't be a problem tho.
I'm sure others will reply to you soon once they get to read this post. Just wanted to give up my 2 cents hehe.
Oh and I believe any distro is fine if it shall run on init 3
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08-10-2003, 07:27 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
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hmmmm
not sure
i think xfree86 only needs 8mb ram to run
but i dont know....
still looking for adistro....
help?
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08-10-2003, 07:44 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Lawton, OK
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 25
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You could try Debian. You can do a full network install after installing the base system from a few floppies. Debian can run on fairly low resources. I have it running on a laptop with a 2gig drive and 32 megs of ram. It is slow but it runs X and gnome just fine. Check the Debian site for more info.
John Hornbeck
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08-10-2003, 07:48 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 132
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which version?
3.3?
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08-10-2003, 07:54 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Distribution: Arch Linux
Posts: 1,445
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I dont think 3.3 exists.
I always suggest Slackware for old systems. It just runs well.
And 9 should run just fine on that, with no X windows though.
XFree86 I believe needs 48MB to actually get a WM running, and that would be something like TWM.
To run GNOME smoothly, you need at least 128MB.
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08-10-2003, 07:55 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Lawton, OK
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 25
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The new version is 3.0r1 you can get it at Debian.org
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08-10-2003, 07:59 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Debian/other
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Hi Spaz17
You wont get GNOME running succesfully on those specs - you could run something in command line mode though.
You can check out all the various Linux distributions at Distrowatch - you might find soemthing suitable there.
Click here to go to Distrowatch |
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