On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 05:48:21AM -0500, gary p largess wrote: > Dear debian; > I would like to learn something about Linux, but I finding it very > frustrating, I have visited dozens of sites looking for a OS, and they > all seem to be too small (1 or 2 floppies) or too big (over 300 M), or > they simply don't specify the systems minimum requirements. > > I do not want to experiment with the computer I use for work/school, but > I have a "project" computer I would like to install some version of Linux > on. > 133 Mhz Pentium > less than 300 Mb available hard drive > 8 Mb mem. > All I want is a version of Linux I can install on this machine, that has > a graphic interface (I have old/bad memories of DOS), I'm even willing to > pay a small amount. >
You will have a hard time getting Linux's graphical environment (X Windows) to work on such a machine, if it can be done at all. Not a job for a beginner. I think you can learn a great deal about Linux by installing a base Debian system and working with it. This can be done entirely by floppy. A more complete installation will require cdrom or some kind of network connection. Mike