17 Mar
2005
17 Mar
'05
12:21 a.m.
Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
If you're on a 486 lower system, you still can
install Slack or
Debian. Strip off X and all the libs completely and run in console
mode.
I used to run Slackware in X on my 386/40 so don't give up hope yet. Just
don't run a bloated window manager like KDE or GNOME or Enlightenment, etc. I
ran twm and Afterstep and was very happy, had a 1024x768 screen, too, and this
was back in 1994.
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