[NTLUG:Discuss] linux & 100 Mhz Pentium

[Tom Tumelty]

Thanks Chris, I didnt know the details.   
 
Do you know if Slack will run all software for Redhat? I think the problems come in with the directory structure of Redhat vs other Linux directory structures.
 
Thanks,
Tom
 


Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
Tom Tumelty wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know if a recent linux release such as redhat 9, or 8, or slackware 9, or 8.x will run on a 100 Mhz pentium ? if so will it be fast enough to do anything?,,,,,i am thinking it might need to be a very scaled down, minimal system......
> 

Sure. Main issue is memory. Need to have at least 64M nowadays (but with slack you can
get by with much less).

Avoid gnome/kde and if you can avoid X11. If you have to use X11, use something
lighter weight like IceWM (if you like a full-tilt window manager that's light
weight)... obviously there are other light weight wm choices as well.


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