Re: installation problems

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.invalid)
Date: 08/02/05 

Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:20:25 GMT

On comp.os.linux.misc, in <y93r7di4xia.fsf@nestle.csail.mit.edu>,
"Allan Adler" wrote:

> I have an old machine running RH 7. For a long time, whenever
> I mention any problem whatsoever on an old machine running RH
> 7, everyone tells me that I really ought to upgrade to a more
> recent linux.

That would depend on what you want to do. I run an old Debian
that's trimmed and hacked beyond recognition and have no
intention of "upgrading".

I read Allan A's response, and can't really improve upon it.

You obviously have access the Internet. The first thing I'd do is
make a tomsrtbt floppy (http://www.toms.net/rb/) and clean up
your hdd. Wipe it clean. Use it to find out what you have in
the way of hardware.

Like Allan says, decide what you want to do, assess the hardware
you have, and hit distrowatch.

You'll find that Debian-related distros are much more flexible in
terms of hardware than RH. Same for Slack-related distros.

Stay away from monstrosities like Gnome and KDE unless they
are much older versions, and even then it's not a good idea
for simpler machines. Unless you like like sitting around
waiting forever for simple commands to execute.

Use a big swap partition to compensate for lack of memory and
text-mode applications wherever possible (which is just about
everywhere).

<snip>

AC

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