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Linux distribution for old pc
Name: Android Date: August 2, 2001 at 22:10:42 Pacific
Comment:
Hi people, I got my hands on a p100, 8 megs ram, 650 megs harddrive, can someone tell me where I can download a linux distribution that I can install on my FAT16 partition, has a lot of networking tools and will let me access the internet? no X-Windows, anyone here please help...
Name: ZenMonk Date: August 3, 2001 at 00:48:31 Pacific
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Any linux is good (my opinion ) but installed minimum (for instance I recommand you Slackware 7.1 or 8.0 - attention install them only with console... Slack you'll see is the best choice ... requires 1,3 G for all applications and less than 200 for console and net packages...He also moves very very fast... : www.slackware.com and you will be taken to: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0 for download. I use mandrake and slackware but i've worked with many linuxes: I told you I recommand you Slackware... By!
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