On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:49 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote:
> Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well. I don't > recommend gnome. > +1 Funny story: A few years ago, I installed a Text-only Minimal Ubuntu system and then made one of the worst single commands in my career: "apt-get install gnome". What made it so bad was that, based on the sequence of previous commands, the fact that it was Ubuntu, and my Install Options, I ended up with Gnome Files for every Locale in the World! It took a while to clean this up! > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, Davide Lombardo wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:17:33 > > From: Davide Lombardo <carel...@live.it> > > To: Debian-user List Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Subject: Very old hardware... > > > > Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs: > > CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz; > > DRAM: 64 MB SDDR > > GPU: RIVA TNT-2 > > HARDISK: 10 GB > > FLOPPY DISK DRIVE > > MODEM 56K > > In the receipt is written 3,000 Lire (1,500) Euro of today... > > Do you think I can install something different than the already installed > > WIN98 system ? > Brings back memories. That was the last one I could bring up, in command mode, with the command "win" bringing up the Windows Infrastructure. I tried to do that with Windows ME and was never successful. Suggestion: Don't throw anything away: I think there are YouTube Videos, about running Linux on Floppy Disks. Kenneth Parker
