help :)

[Leon Goldstein]

trip_g at att.net wrote:

> Hello, my names trip.
>  
> Ok, so i bought a p.o.s. computer.  Currently i am trying to get linux 
> on it..HD only have 3 gig lol 32 mb ram... now..i was told i could run 
> linux of this.  I would like to learn how to code/script video 
> games.movies.music..etc...so i was told to get familair with linux.  
> Now im sure i will upgrade this pc soon.  But for the time being...i 
> simply need to know how to download the linux..i would like 
> slackwear.  So basically i bought a project pc in order to learn mor 
> so i know what to do in college..so any help would be appreciated.
>  
> Thx Trip


Welcome to the list.  Since this is your first post, a friendly 
suggestion:  describe what your post is about in the "subject" line, 
e.g. "Linux for 32 MB RAM System."  You'll get responses from people who 
can provide a great amount of practical wisdom that way; "help" will 
only get responses from retired old farts like me who have nothing 
better to do.

To be blunt, you will not likely find a Linux OS, or any other OS for 
that matter, that can do what you want with 32 MB of RAM.  You can 
install a "light" Linux on your equipment, assuming your critical 
hardware, i.e. video card/chip, is compatible, but you do not have 
enough memory to run a complex graphicical desktop such as the popular 
KDE and Gnome.  You may be able to use one of  several simple graphic 
desktops.

Your hard drive is also marginal.  Since you are light on RAM, you will 
need to dedicate at least 64 MB to a "swap partition " which is separate 
from the  Linux partition, unlike Windows.

You did not identify what CPU you have; as a practical matter, I would 
not recommend running a  contemporary Linux with anything slower than, 
say, a Celeron (PII) 1 gHz.  (If you are so fortunate as to have an AMD 
K6-III+ CPU, than you are in good shape.)

Oh, one other thing; I'd suggest eschewing "texting" and use capitals 
and punctuation.  As I mentioned earlier, there are a lot of guru's on 
this list, but they have jobs and don't waste time trying to decipher 
run-on posts. 

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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