Summary: Hey all! My brother and I have an old Gateway computer (I can get detailed specs) running on Windows 98SE that uses an Intel Pentium II processor wit...
Summary: I have tried many distributions of linux,but I still haven't figured out which dist suits me. I normally use linux only for programming and internet s...
Summary: I've currently got my HD partitioned (with fdisk) 8g-fat32-win98 : 8G-ntfs-winXP : 13G-fat32ext-files I would like to keep win98 but will remove it ...
Summary: I am looking for a good distro that is both modern, and will run quickly on an older computer. I am talking p133 class with 32mb RAM and small hard d...
Summary: From what I hear Redhat isn't very secure. Mandrake is basically a more user freindly version of redhat. SuSE is what I use it's more secure. But i...
Summary: 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 ...
Summary: I have a 486 laptop with about 12MB RAM and a very small hard drive. I was wondering if I would be able to setup a small web page and small (3-5 user)...
Summary: Hi, I have a bunch of olded computer that I want to install Linux. They have CPU speed 133 MHz, Ram : 32 MB ... Do you know which Linux (and which ver...
Summary: HI I have a old computer which is a P133 with 32MB of ram. I would like to install linux on this computer. I know linux will work on almost anything 4...
Summary: I downloaded and tried to install Mandrake 9.1 on a old computer: (Pentium 166mHz, 32 mb RAM, 2 gb harddisk) but it failed and I got the advice to get...
Summary: I am in great problem .....??? Can Anyone HELP ME OUT !!!!! "I set up Red Hat 6.2 on my PIII 650 MHz / 256 MB SDRAM / computer now i want this comput...
Summary: I agree with you on many levels. But I *am* the type of person who makes exaggerations to state a point, which is what I did there. But I know a few...
Summary: Question: Thanks for your PERFECT document , i am through with the novell volume mapping. Just a query is like i want to run dos application using Nov...
Summary: What is so hard about Linux? My Sister in-law uses it to email and browse the web with my old computer running a k6 300AMD. She cannot corrupt the sys...
Summary: Well, basically all that i want here is a small, no GUI (no X, no anything extra), that i can install on a crappy 486 (maybe, it may be lower), with 1...
Summary: I was trying to install Mandrake 9.0 on my old computer and for some reason it is keep giving me errors so I thought I might try some other good for b...
Summary: I'd like to try Linux, and have heard there are many distributions to choose from. Is there a website that gives descriptions of each? Which is the be...
Summary: DSL (damn small linux) or Mandrake 9.0 would run on your old computer provided you made sure you kept to use as a desktop, or firewall and did not ...
Summary: I have a very old beige box running Windows 95. Well, I suppose I should say it WAS running windows 95 until a whole bunch of dust caused the hard dri...
Summary: Don't bother with the old computer. Linux will run fine, but you don't have enough RAM to run X (needs 16Mb), so everything will be command-line only....
Summary: I will be a newbie at Linux when I get it but I am by no means an amatuer at computers. Could I have some advise on which distribution to get? I don...
Summary: i had an older computer with an 8.4gig hdd in it that i thought would be ok for linux. i had tried to install storm,mandrake and turbo linux on the hd...
Summary: I agree with all of Jefro's suggestions. Using a live CD to try out a Linux distribution will permit you to see and try the distribution without insta...
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