Subject: Will either of these .iso files allow me to boot Linux? DSL, Puppy .iso files
From: Chris Davies
Date: 12/14/2007 4:56:35 PM
raylopez99 wrote:
> I want to boot Linux on a Pentium II 1998 or so machine, with limited
> RAM and a small HD (about 20 GB or so), a CD-ROM and floppy, and a
> (real) modem (I think it's US Robotics).
Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Why not just try one of the many Linux-on-a-CD's,
> eg Knoppix or Fedora KDE Live CD?
> These will give you a good idea how Linux will run on your machine.
Go and re-read the OP's post again. It's not a recent enough machine to
do anything useful with either KDE or Gnome.
He's going to need a lightweight WM (I believe XFCE is the currently
recommended solution for that.)
raylopez99, I can't offer you guidance on the two ISO files you suggested,
but I can try to help you avoid things that definitely won't work. (Until
very recently I used to run my home server on a 233 MHz Pentium, also
circa late nineties. I didn't bother with graphics, though, unless I
was desperate - but it could run^H^H^H crawl mozilla. So I think I know
where you're at.)
Chris
Subject: Will either of these .iso files allow me to boot Linux? DSL, Puppy .iso files
From: John Savage
Date: 12/19/2007 4:36:56 AM
Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> writes:
>Go and re-read the OP's post again. It's not a recent enough machine to
>do anything useful with either KDE or Gnome.
>
>He's going to need a lightweight WM (I believe XFCE is the currently
>recommended solution for that.)
Another distro aimed at low-end machines is www.wolvix.com
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
Subject: Will either of these .iso files allow me to boot Linux? DSL, Puppy .iso files
From: John Savage
Date: 12/20/2007 12:27:36 AM
Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> writes:
>Go and re-read the OP's post again. It's not a recent enough machine to
>do anything useful with either KDE or Gnome.
>
>He's going to need a lightweight WM (I believe XFCE is the currently
>recommended solution for that.)
Another distro aimed at low-end machines is www.wolvix.org
using XFCE and Fluxbox
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)
Subject: Will either of these .iso files allow me to boot Linux? DSL, Puppy .iso files
From: Chris Davies
Date: 12/14/2007 4:56:35 PM
raylopez99 wrote:
> I want to boot Linux on a Pentium II 1998 or so machine, with limited
> RAM and a small HD (about 20 GB or so), a CD-ROM and floppy, and a
> (real) modem (I think it's US Robotics).
Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Why not just try one of the many Linux-on-a-CD's,
> eg Knoppix or Fedora KDE Live CD?
> These will give you a good idea how Linux will run on your machine.
Go and re-read the OP's post again. It's not a recent enough machine to
do anything useful with either KDE or Gnome.
He's going to need a lightweight WM (I believe XFCE is the currently
recommended solution for that.)
raylopez99, I can't offer you guidance on the two ISO files you suggested,
but I can try to help you avoid things that definitely won't work. (Until
very recently I used to run my home server on a 233 MHz Pentium, also
circa late nineties. I didn't bother with graphics, though, unless I
was desperate - but it could run^H^H^H crawl mozilla. So I think I know
where you're at.)
Chris
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