Lightweight Distro (Was "Re: Lightweight Desktop Help.")
Kurt Wall
kwall
Mon May 17 11:55:16 PDT 2004
Quoth Ben Duncan:
> Ok, tried to load SuSe 8.2 on a P 150MHZ with 80MB ram and
> a 4GB hard disk ... needless to say, WAY OVERKILL for the poor old machine.
>
> Need some sort of distro that can:
>
> A: Includes the Gcc compiler/Python/Perl/etc ...
> B: Will work on such a weak machine (hmmm a few years ago
> we thought that kinda power was studly ...)
>
> This machine, is more or less, going to be a "Terminal" on steriods.
> Needs to have a desktop, and I need to have Open Office on it.
>
>
> I am open to suggestions? Perhaps Knoppix ?
Slackware.
Kurt
--
I really hate this damned machine
I wish that they would sell it.
It never does quite what I want
But only what I tell it.
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