Jim MacKenzie <jim at photojim.ca>
You can still run Debian sarge (the second-last
version; it was the most
current release until a few days ago) with a 2.2.20
kernel. Even with a
2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel it isn't that bloated. It runs
fine on my 486sx25
with 32 MB of RAM, and would run okay with 16MB.
I've always felt the BSD distributions are better
if
you want something
really bare and basic, though.
Jim
I really don't think it's realistic to operate a
modern computer w/a non-windowed environment these
days. Many will disagree, and that's their
prerogative, someone said something about eye-candy,
but I think it comes down to cheating yourself of
functionality. Additional resources are necessary of
course, and if you're talking about a 486, you're
going to want to trim as much as possible (you can't
tell me Debian w/a gui will run on one). What most
impressed me (and the diehards will call this all
opinion) with the Unix boxes I had seen in the
early-mid 90s was their ability to do windows, and do
them right.
Not for anything (man I hate that expression) but
hasn't the version following sarge been out for 6+
months, and UIM it was based on the 2.6 kernel?
Thought I even had it on DVD somewhere.
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