-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Nima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: Redhat Linux6.o for athlon
>Nima,
>
> Although your comments are off topic for this list, there is no reason to
unload
>some linux zealoutry on you ;)
>
>The Athlon should run Linux fine. It doesn't have any optimizations from a
kernel
>standpoint, but that'll come in time.
>
>My personal preference is for Redhat 6.0, not 6.1 (the GUI installer is
lame for
>old timers).
It sounds like most of you on this list use Redhat. (Thanks for your comment
about the gui installer -- I fit the class that would prefer 6.0.) Does any
one know of a linux list that I can subscribe to? I was able to get a
Slackware 3.2 installed but the only time it would let me access the cdrom
was when I booted from floppy. So I bought a disk (for the support?!?) --
the latest one being Slackware 7. The ONLY successful thing I was able to
do with it was boot from the cdrom (on the business Win98 machine!) -- and I
still couldn't read the man pages!
I have a 486 and a 386 - both with 8mb RAM that I am trying to get Linux on.
I am looking forward to ELKS getting network support so I can resurect my 86
machine.
>
>If you get an athlon, you're going to be paying for floating point
performance,
>and not neccessarily everyday speed. You can save yourself a tremendous
amount of
>money by purchasing a Celeron 550, that'll whoop a p3 550, sans coppermine.
>
>--Perry
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since I am new to Linux, I have a few questions before I buy myself a PC.
>>
>> I bought my self redhat linux 6.0 some time back. Is it possible to
install
>> this on a AMD Athlon processor? or do I have to get the 6.1 version?
>>
>> OR is it best to buy a PentiumIII processor with a BX board?
>>
>> Thanking you in advance!
>>
>>
>> Nima
>>
>
>
>--
>Perry Harrington Linux rules all OSes. APSoft ()
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>
