Which Linux distro / version for P1 233MHz, 2 ~ GB HD, 48K ram? [junker] [48k]
Q: I have an old Junker and wanted to start playing around with Linux on it, any suggestions? I just tried to install Mandrake 9, but it froze mid-plant
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Re:I have an older computer than that: Pentium 75, 128or256megs of ram (I forget which), 2 hard drives totaling 2 gigs, and a REAL floppy drive (none of that 3.5in wussy stuff)… it ran Slackware just fine. Though it's running MS-DOS at the moment for my old games. Anyone remember Goblins?
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Re:I'd say Debian or Slackware with something that old. I agree with guy about using a lightweight WM on a box like that…if you want something relatively light but still a bit Windows-ish, you could go with IceWM; I think personally I would use fluxbox or blackbox (but hey, I use those on my ridiculously fast machines, so I may be a bit biased).
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Re:You won't be able to run anything fancy on that box no matter what distro you get.
XFree and a lightweight WM will work fine, but fire up a browser and some stuff and you're gonna be hurting.
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Re:I sure hope you mean 48 megs of ram.
Re:I went with Freebsd for my computer (similar specs). I don't run any gui or anything so that might affect your installations.
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