help :)

[David A. Bandel]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:25 PM,  <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.
>

There are some distros of Linux that will run on this and some that
probably won't.  These days, 32Mb RAM is nothing.  You definitely
won't run X on this.

I suggest starting simple.  You didn't mention if you had a floppy or
CD -- hopefully your system will boot from a CD.  If so, you can d/l
the slackware CD and try to boot from that.  If there is a choice of a
low memory install, choose that.  Stick to the basics and forget
graphics until you have a minimum of 64Mb RAM and a 256Mb swap
partition (or about triple your RAM).

I'm not sure if any distros still offer bootable floppies -- they're
kinda museum pieces now.  But that's a long, hard install going that
route.

Anyway, keep us informed and ask questions -- after Googling.

Good Luck,

David A. Bandel
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