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question about old computer?
Name: keith Date: March 11, 2002 at 12:36:35 Pacific
Comment:
i have an old computer that i want to install linux on.its an AST ADVANTAGE 486sx/25lp.could i install it on my old computer.also if i could is there a place i could download linux at to put on my old computer thanks for any info
Name: bunduk Date: March 11, 2002 at 13:26:29 Pacific
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yes u can but X will work slow try redhat distribution
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Response Number 2
Name: Tux Date: March 11, 2002 at 14:43:09 Pacific
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Yes you can install Linux on it. You might want to try Slackware Linux. It seems to get along a bit better with the older systems.
Also, for a window manager in X, I suggest using something like IceWM or Blackbox. They use a lot less memory and will be quite a bit faster than KDE or Gnome.
Of course you don't really need X if you want to surf the web. There's a great web browser called Arachne, it's a full graphical browser that doesn't need X!
You can find it @ http://browser.arachne.cz/
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Response Number 3
Name: littlejon Date: March 11, 2002 at 16:30:31 Pacific
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Best I've seen for that old of a computer is MuLinux. Much smaller than anything else if you want x-windows. It will run off one floppy, but 6 optional floppies if you want them. Can run in ram only or "clone" to hardrive (with either fat partition or native linux partition) and use like a regular installation of linux. Its fairly complete for such a small distribution if you install all 7 disks. Two of optional disks include Netscape3.0.
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Response Number 4
Name: qajfat Date: March 12, 2002 at 13:01:23 Pacific
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Since we're on about old PCs, here is my question. I've been wanting to try out Linux for a while, but I never had the guts to install it on my PC. But I have an old P120 with 16MB EDO ram and 3GB HDD which I don't use anymore. Which version of Linux is the best to run on this computer as the only OS, please? Thanks for your help, everybody.
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Response Number 5
Name: Jeremy Date: March 12, 2002 at 14:10:17 Pacific
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This is the best website i have found to get just about any version of Linux.
http://www.linuxiso.org
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Response Number 6
Name: Ian Date: March 15, 2002 at 04:57:17 Pacific
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Any distro will work. I use Mandrake 8.0 on a P100 with 64MB RAM and two 1GB HDDs, acting as a file server and soon an e-mail server.
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Response Number 7
Name: qajfat Date: March 15, 2002 at 11:00:15 Pacific
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Thanks Ian - but will 16MB ram be enough, you think?
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Response Number 8
Name: malada2 Date: April 3, 2002 at 05:31:36 Pacific
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16 megs is too little, really. 32 megs is most distros minimum. At 64 megs Linux gets some legs and can really walk the walk! :-)
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