Re: 2.6 on a 133

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 12/30/03

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    On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:28:36 -0000, Aaron Gray
      <aarongray@DELETETHIS.aarongray.org> wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > Is 2.6 too big a beast to be installed on a 133Mhz PC ?
    >
    > Should you stick to 2.4 on such a machine ?
    >
    It's hard to say what's too big without knowing how much memory is in
    the PC. 

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