Install for an old PC.

[Duane Attaway]

I was very impressed with the latest version of Slackware on an old P166
with 32MB.  The install was very simple, X came right up with gnome,
pcmcia wireless networking came up, ...it was a dream come true from a
single cdrom.  

The sense of speed had the weight of a minimalist desktop, but still
included the feature core desktop packages.  Overall, slackware 8.0 gave
me the impression someone did a lot of work to make this distribution have
the polished look.  While slackware used to be an adventure in learning,
this release I'd strongly recommend for the newbie:

http://www.slackware.com/

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Brian Densmore wrote:

> Distro War! ;')
> Well it depends on many factors. Many of them personal preferences.
> 
> My recommendation is Gentoo, but this is not for the faint of heart.
> Gentoo will give you the most customized, fastest machine you can get. 
> But it's going to take you probably 4 days to build the darn thing. 
> Plan on 24 hrs to install KDE, of course that is really a matter of
> starting
> the install and coming back in 24 hours when it is done.
> 
> If you want something now, Mandrake is a good choice, as is Redhat.
> Lycoris Desktop/LX is geared for newbies/M$ orphans.
> http://www.lycoris.com
> 
> And some comparisons are here.
> http://www.distrowatch.com/
> 
> Brian
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: King, Steve [mailto:Steve.King at gentiva.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:26 AM
> > To: KCLUG
> > Subject: Install for an old PC.
> > 
> > 
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I would like to get some basic distro/install info.
> > I have an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 410 CDT,
> > P-90, 2GB HD, 40MB RAM, CD, FD and ActionTec PE 200-A LAN card.
> > 
> > Would like to install Linux on it, what would be a good 
> > distro for this
> > old machine?
> > 
> 
> 
> 

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