Re: Bringing life to an old pc
From: Menno Duursma (menno_at_desktop.lan)
Date: 11/21/03
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:22:57 GMT
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:14:17 +0100, Øystein Sund wrote:
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> This computer is a P90, 48MB Ram, 3GB HD.
> I want to run a graphical interface. The plan is to use it for simple
> mail and internet.
>
> Are there any distro's out there that is great for this?
Slackware 9.1 (the first disk only.)
Try "expert" install at least: a, ap, l, n, x, xap.
And choose only packages you need there.
Most other distros you'd have to slim down quite a bit, though should
work as well. And either stick with TWM:
http://www.dotfiles.com/index.php3?app_id=26
Or use a slick, fast 'n stable windows manager such as FVWM:
http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/
Maybe use "rpm2tgz" and install this, as well:
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~jtl/ALU/
What ever you do though, be sure to recompile the kernel slim as possible,
and for i586. I'd do this on a faster box though (put an "extra" extention
in /usr/src/linux/Makefile), and copy the bzImage, System.map and
/lib/modules/* over to the P90.
HTH.
-- -Menno.
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