Re: New Linux On Old Box
From: Dan Skinner (JDanSkinner_at_JDanSkinner.com)
Date: 10/29/04
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Date: 29 Oct 2004 14:59:41 -0700
rcook5@TAKEOUTmindspring.com wrote in message news:<ir43o0ta0j0gclocnqnd2bfgf1iuk9ark2@4ax.com>...
> So the dual question is, what can I get away with and what would your
> recommend?
I have Mandrake 8.1 Pro
Installed on the following machine.
It serves as my web server and was my first experiment
in porting my Progress DB and 4GL accounting system to Linux. If it
will run old and slow then…
You know the drill.
This machines has scsi drive and CD-ROM
This machine will run KDE but one wants a nap between clicks.
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 5
model : 4
model name : Pentium MMX
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 167.045
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : yes
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
bogomips : 333.41
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 1083100 733516 294564 72% /
none 61336 0 61336 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda6 774040 411788 322896 57% /home
Have made the jump from SCO to Linux, running on SuSE 8.1 pro as my
preferred platform. I have 9.1 but I prefer 8.1 for the stuff I do.
I have a couple of plain Jane PC's 256MG 30GIG 500MHZ Athlon 1100MHZ
Athlon kind of machines and they are find application server machines
for 2 or 3 users. The 500MHZ machine is uncomfortable (slow) running
KDE, the 1100MHZ machine does KDE
Quite nicely. Big iron makes a BIG difference.
‘nuf rant.
The learning curve is pretty steep even with years of unix geeking. I
recommend a late model SuSE or Mandrake for both machines. The slow
machine will likely be your command line learning environment. On a
faster machine you get to choose.
Good Luck, and Have Fun!!
Regards…Dan.
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