25 Feb
2013
25 Feb
'13
11:48 a.m.
On Feb 25, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
On 25 Feb 2013 18:26, "Zane H. Healy"
<healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
Well, a modern one, anyway. I remember running KDE quite happily
in 32 MB on a 486 a long time ago. I would love if someone would
make a lightweight, POSIX-compliant OS for old desktops, because
even the formerly lightweight BSDs make my older machines crawl,
and that's without graphics. I'd like an OS that's compatible
with the modern world but which lets me put old/small machines to
serious use, a la Classilla.
I guess the Open Source credo would tell me to suck it up and
make my own. Push another idea on the stack that never gets
popped, I guess...
- Dave
The talk about the Acorn and RISC OS reminds me that I've been interested
in
one of these, primarily to run RISC OS. What is the recommended
version, price, and place to get a Raspberry Pi from?
I assume I want a "2.0 Model B 512Mb"? I've found a seller on eBay with
this and they include a case for $57.
If you want to keep it super cheap, try to find a Linux user upgrading to
the 512MB version. 256MB is a vast amount of RAM for Risc OS, whereas it is
not enough for a graphical Linux desktop.