28 Aug
2006
28 Aug
'06
1:17 a.m.
Hi,
Jim Brain said:
Choctaw Bob wrote:
I concur. I used to run Linux on a system of similar spec. Modern
linuces are a bit more demanding, but a carefully taylored Slack
installation should be fine. Just avoid Gnome and KDE.
My print server, a 486/100, has 16MB, _no_ hard disk and runs Linux
just fine...
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
I think that this just squeaks in as being on
topic.
I am looking for suggestions for an operating system for a PC, specs
75 MHZ Pentium, 16 MB Ram, 4 GB HD, currently running PC-DOS Ver 7.
Original IBM PC-DOS right out of the factory sealed box. I am
thinking about putting GEM on the machine, maybe CP/M-86. Thought
about GEOS, but rejected it, too closed. Specs seem too tight for
Linux or BSD, or at least little advantage over DOS or CP/M.
Anyone have experience with an operating system that might work, and
be capable of useful work?
Dunno, Slackware Linux runs great on a machine like
that, would make a
nice print server, file server, or web server. I used a 75MHz Overdrive
20M ram for a few years as a file server, and I could stream movies or
mp3 off it.