Resurrecting a box for Linux

[Bob Raymond]

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 10:19, Collins wrote:

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> > > 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
> > 
> 
> I ran for years on a 300MZ, 64Meg machine with xfce, and it performed
> superbly.  You're a little light on CPU power, but this should work
> OK.  Something like OpenOffice will try your patience!  OK, if you
> start it and leave it started.

I did run WordPerfect Office 2002 on the P5-60- but AbiWord is fine for
any of my needs (just some simple papers for High School to type up,
nothing fancy).  I use KWord on my Athlon.  The CVS versions have been
working very well for me.  I don't think any KDE libs are going to make
it onto the P5-60, though.  Any recommendations for optimal
/etc/make.conf settings for a 586?

I'm thinking:

-march=pentium -O3 -pipe

just to keep it similar to my Athlon settings of -march=athlon-tbird -O4
-pipe.  I'm already using GCC 3.2 which was originally a 1.1a install,
so I'll just grab a later ISO and start fresh with 1.4 (after I get more
RAM).

Bob Raymond