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Whatn version of Linux?
Name: Martyn.S Date: December 14, 2004 at 10:30:53 Pacific OS: Me at the moment CPU/Ram: 233 64/32
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hi i am thinking of making my windows bedroom pc into a linux system what version will run on a p2 (233 mhz) 64 mb ram 2 Gb hdd HP-CD-RW
Name: Martyn.S Date: December 14, 2004 at 10:31:58 Pacific
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oh and if/where can i download it i will only need basic as i cannot have a huge download as i am only on a 256K bb connection
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Response Number 2
Name: alejflor Date: December 14, 2004 at 12:21:43 Pacific
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To make sure your PC is compatible go to http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/
Go here to download. http://www.linuxiso.org
Sorry but the files are big. alex
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Response Number 3
Name: C_Legend Date: December 14, 2004 at 16:09:55 Pacific
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Add at least another 64 Meg of memory (and I'd at least double your hard disk space, as well), then you can run almost any distro. Otherwise, almost any distro will be slow (and you may problems installing what you want on there, due to the small amount of disk space.) I run Mandrake 6.1 (circa 1999) on similar specs, but I certainly wouldn't run the newest Mandrake on it.
What do you plan on doing with this PC? Games? Browsing the internet?
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Response Number 4
Name: gdivens51 Date: December 14, 2004 at 17:05:45 Pacific
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http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/cart.php
http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/
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Response Number 5
Name: totty (by allan_totty) Date: December 16, 2004 at 01:41:58 Pacific
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Try Damn Small Linux, it's only a 50Mb download and might be ok when HD installed on a PC with those specs. I ran it on a P200 with 64Mb a couple of years ago.
Allan
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Response Number 6
Name: ludedude25 Date: December 17, 2004 at 18:19:04 Pacific
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I too suggest Damn Small Linux @ damnsmalllinux.org New version 0.9.0
It will also run on a p166/32mb ram live. Dreadfully slow though. And as for borwsers Dillo is ok but i'd pick up a copy of Firefox for it. ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/
2 gig hard drive ought to be plenty for a beginner with damn small.
It also has cd burning software inc.
My only real complaint so far is browser. Going to try and install it on a hard drive and computer with same specs soon and see how to install firefox. Check out the mydsl and mydsl testing folders too.
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