Hi! If you ask me, you usually only want to install sources for one package at a time, while reading those particular sources, not for the whole system at the same time. Some sources are rather large.
Regarding your aim, even really old computers are usually strong enough for a simple Linux, which is more effective for surfing the web or using office. However, you can imagine that Netscape 4, running on 16 MB RAM, will be almost as bad as Arachne for surfing modern websites. But with a fraction of the RAM of a modern smartphone you can already run some far more modern Linux browsers than Netscape 4 :-) For text based browsing, try LINKS, LYNX or W3M, and make sure to use wired internet if you are using DOS. If only wireless exists, you can use external devices which bridge between wireless and a LAN connector. I agree that many Linuxes probably dropped support for older CPU than Pentium Pro / Pentium III in the default install. I even feel increasing pressure to install the 64 bit version of stuff, although, in theory, it should not matter with 4 GB RAM or less. Regards, Eric PS: As said, you may also get very slow install when the installer happens to run with a badly chosen or detected set of drivers for stuff like internet, USB or UMB / EMS, or bad config options for those. PPS: Thanks for the clarification, Geraldo :-) _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
