linux for old hardware

From: Ed Stevens (ed.stevens_at_nospam.noway)
Date: 12/25/03

  • Next message: R Smith: "Re: news" 
    Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:33:39 -0600

    I have an older no-name computer with a 133mhz Pentium with 128mb ram.
    currently running Win98. This is essentially junk machine at this
    point (though everything still works) and I'd like to start
    experimenting with Linux as a replacement for Windows. I'd like to
    see just how Microsoft-free I can get on my desktop.

    A co-worker is very happy with Mandrake, and I see that it is
    available bundled with Open Office at very reasonable prices on e-bay.
    I do use Quicken, so would need to be able to run a windows-emulator
    or have a dual boot capability for that.

    Any recommendations? Any reason to believe that Mandrake 9.x won't
    run on this old computer?

  • Next message: R Smith: "Re: news"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: linux for old hardware
      ... This is essentially junk machine at this ... > experimenting with Linux as a replacement for Windows. ... Any reason to believe that Mandrake 9.x won't ... My personal distro of choice ...
      (comp.os.linux)
    • Re: Why is Linux so slow?
      ... I finally returned it to Mandrake, ... Any programs I have for both Windows and Linux ... capability of utilizing the VGA chip to its limits. ...
      (alt.os.linux.suse)
    • Re: Multiboot install of 9.1
      ... I definitely don't want to lose Mandrake because it is my ... and even though I rarely use Windows I need to keep Windows ... > Very early in the SuSE install, ...
      (alt.os.linux.suse)
    • Re: Oh, how Mandrake 10 made me laugh!
      ... I told Mandrake to install in the free space. ... I had a similar problem installing Mandrake 10.0 on a Windows 98SE ... I had a 40 Gb drive partitioned with one FAT32 partition and ... I told Mandrake's installer to leave ...
      (alt.os.linux)
    • Re: Oh, how Mandrake 10 made me laugh!
      ... >> I'd say your knowledge is also inadequate to properly partition a disk, ... It's all my fault, and Mandrake is perfect. ... Mandrake claims to be able to set up such a system with Windows 98. ...
      (alt.os.linux)