Thanks everyone for the leads... a follow up question. Does Linux throw a fit if I install it, then upgrade the memory?
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Don <[email protected]> wrote: From: Don <[email protected]> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: What can this box support... To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 3:43 PM --- In LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com, "gear_blaster_ master" <gear_blaster_ mas...@.. .> wrote: > > My older box has an Asus motherboard, 800Hz Intel CPU, 512 RAM (can > upgrade to 1GB if required) and 200GB of WD Hard Drive. > > I realize some of the newest distributions will not run for me, but > what can I get away with? > Should be able to run lots of distributions. I've installed (I think) 11 different distros on a P3 500 MHz computer with 512 MB RAM and have only seen it run slower (than Windows XP) when I installed Mandriva. I purposely used this old PC with these Linux versions to see how Linux would function. Right now this old system is running CentOS 5.2. Before that I had tried OpenSuSE, Fedora 9, Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Gentoo, DebianSmallCD, PCLinuxOS, Mepis 7.0, eLive, Mint and Freespire. Ubuntu was probably easiest to use. DD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
