Resurrecting a box for Linux

[Bob Raymond]

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 15:40, Net Llama! wrote:
> Bob Raymond wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 08:25, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:

> Generic memory is a bad thing.  It will generate alot more errors over 
> time, and will fail sooner.  Memory is so cheap these days that any 
> manufacturer who cuts prices more than the others is also cutting quality.

But I also feel like 35 bucks for a stick of 32mb of RAM is a little
much, and that's what a decent manufacturer such as Crucial is
charging.  Micron's a bit better, at 12 bucks a stick.  Would that be
cutting quality, considering Micron and Crucial are pretty much the same
company?

> Sure you can use XFS.

That's good news.

> >>I agree with Lonni about TWM, but FVWM (and FVWM2 and FVWM95)
> >>is small and fast, and provides something of the look and feel we
> >>get used to with XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or Windows.  Just have to configure
> >>it by editing a text file instead of graphical utilities.  Add TKDesk
> >>(which gives a useful panel for launching applications, and a file
> >>manager), and it is a nice GUI that works well on even a 486 with
> >>32 MB.
> > 
> > 
> > I've used FVWM2 before, but I'm not sure- XFCE just seems a bit nicer. 
> > Maybe with TKDesk I'd like it.
> 
> FVWM2 definitely uses less resources than XFCE.

If I were to upgrade to the 128 mb (or at least 96mb) of RAM, I would be
able to use XFCE all right, wouldn't I?  Windows 98 actually ran on this
machine with only 16 mb of RAM, and it ran pretty much as well as
Windows 98 is capable of running.

Thanks

Bob Raymond