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[NMLUG] Fast X Distribution for older hardware.
Good point, Michael. Never underestimate the advantages of a minimum
kernel.
michael wrote:
> I highly suggest you try a base install of whatever you want to use, I would
> try FreeBSD or OpenBSD, I have run them on far less machines. As a matter of
> fact, I have a pII 300 with 256MB RAM and 2 4GB hard drives, that runs
> FreeBSD with Gnome and it screams. Just tweak the kernel and it should fly.
>
>
> michael
>
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:24:31 -0800 (PST), Tim Emerick wrote
>>I have about a dozen machines with the following configuration:
>>PII-Celeron 300 Mhz
>>3 gig HD's
>>160MB RAM
>>3com 3c905b NIC
>>ATI Rage 3D on board
>>Yamaha Sound on board
>>
>>I've been really hopeful that I could recycle these into some decent
>>web browsing machines but have been fairly disappointed with the
>>results up to this point.
>>
>>I've used the Knoppix Live CD and the MEPIS (www.mepis.org) Live CD and
>>wasn't too impressed. I've also installed the MEPIS distro onto the
>>HD of one machine just to see how it worked. Again, fairly dismal.
>>
>>I want to know if I'm asking too much for these older machines or am
>>I running packages that are too top heavy? I know that both
>>Knoppix and Mepis are Debian/KDE based distros.
>>
>>Anybody have any experience with other distro's that might give me a
>>speedy yet user-friendly desktop and browser on these older machines?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Tim
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