Re: 486 laptop...

From: Andrew Sackville-West (andrew_at_farwestbilliards.com)
Date: 03/22/05

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    I think plenty of people would love a simple laptop that just works -- I
    agree a real lightweight wm with a simple editer like Nedit, a
    lightweight browser and email client, what more could you really need?
    Knoppix is a great idea to get it running, but how big is the hd? I
    think knoppix likes nearly 3 gig just to install. of course you can
    dselect a bunch of crap after words...

    good luck and enjoy a not so complicated computing experience...

    A

    Hannes Mayer wrote:

    >>>I've just inherited a 70 mHz 486 laptop with 24m RAM (!). It
    >>>currently runs Windows 95. question: what can one do withsuch a
    >>>machine? Any ideas out there? Anything would be great, but something
    >>>educational would be great -- my 6-year-old would love a computer.
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >I've once tried knoppix on my old P1/166MHz / 16MB RAM laptop.
    >Of course GNOME or KDE won't work due low RAM, but as far as I can
    >remember IceWM worked quite well. There are other
    >"low-RAM-window-managers" in Knoppix. Have a look in the
    >boot-menu-help.
    >
    >Best regards,
    >Hannes.
    >
    >
    >
    > 

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