Re: [seul-edu] appropriate lightweight distribution

[cfm@maine.com]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 07:33:40AM +0800, Keir and Robyn wrote:
> I am planning on rebirthing some decrepid P133 16MB 1GB Windows machines as
> Linux word processing and internet terminals.  Can anyone recommend a
> distribution?  I was planning on using Red Hat, since it seems the most
> widely available, but someone suggested that it might be too large and that
> I should try a ?light weight? distribution such as Slackware.  I was unaware
> that there were any differences in distributions from a hardware requirement
> standpoint.  Can anyone suggest a distribution for this purpose?

P133 will work, 16MB will work only in console mode, forget X.  More
ram and you could run X but your would need more disk too, or NFS.


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