On Monday 21 January 2002 04:51 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 17:33, Tomek Nowinski wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > > > I'd like to ask you for help. > > > > I have an old 486 (25Mhz) laptop with 190 MB HDD, 4 MB in RAM and floppy > > (there is no cd-rom). > > > > I was wondering if there is any possibility to put there instead of > > Windows kind of "small" Linux with reduced KDE or GNOME (It would be > > nice to have just a KWord, Anjuta and Mozilla to surf on the net). > > Tomek, > > With only 4MB RAM, there is no way you are going to be able to run X > Windows with Linux. If possible, I would recommend you upgrade to at > least 8 MB, or 16 would be even better. > > If you can do that, then I would recommend you try an older version of > Mandrake or RedHat, like around version 5.1 or 5.2. > > Dave
I think FVWM will run with 4Mb RAM. I have redHat 4.2 if you want to try it. Pretty old release....... -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936
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