On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Giuseppe Ghibò wrote: > > 2010/9/25 Tux99 <tux99-...@uridium.org> > > Again, you are missing the point, these machines are not desktop PCs > > running a GUI, any modern Linux distro still runs perfectly fine with > > 64-128MB and 10-15 year old cpus when used for many headless purposes. > > > > For instance? Apart DSL which distro can you start the installer with 64MB > memory only (use 1GB swap?)? Were you able to install the 2010.1?
Centos 4 installs and runs perfectly fine on a Pentium II 350Mhz with 128MB RAM, I know it because I installed such a box for a friend as home server running 24/7 (with DNS server, apache and some other stuff). I didn't try Mandriva since it lacks long term support. > Common where? There are schools and universities are dismitting hardware > like with P4/2.4Ghz and 512MB RAM for whatever use (either server or > desktop). And even older hardware no-ROHS, which should be dismantled > carefully. You are seeing everything from a limited european POV, the P4 you say is being thrown away here is a top-end system in some other countries. Mageia is supposed to be for the whole world, not just EU/US/BRICs. With regards to ISA cards, you can even still buy brand new modern mobos with ISA slots right here in Europe, they are still common for industrial uses: http://www.spectra.de/produkte/114184/web/spectra/Datenblatt-PMB-601LF.pdf?CFID=92074854-8638-47f6-a589-6517cde18fb1&CFTOKEN=0 > I'm not speaking about exclusion but about including or optimizing for arch > and hardware that NOBODY will use anymore, because can't. The optimization you are talking about (which will increase performance by a few percentage points at most, not noticeable at all in practice) means that the distro will be unusable for others. _______________________________________________ Mageia-dev mailing list Mageia-dev@mageia.org https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev