On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:19, Damian G wrote: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:01:36 -0400 > > Richard Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:45:56 -0300, Damian G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:02:41 -0700 > > > > > > shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > On Monday 16 September 2002 1:55 pm, Olaf Marzocchi did speak unto > > > > > > > > the huddled masses, saying: > > > > > I think the latest Redhat is still able to install on a 486. > > > > > > > > yes, but on 32 megs? would it run? or crawl? ;-) > > > > > > i've made a Pentium 233 with 32 MB of RAM run VERY well on Mdk8.2. All > > > you have to do is take care which apps you run, for example, Fluxbox > > > as a WM, Sylpheed as the mail proggie, Galeon or Opera as browsers, > > > XWC, ROX or filerunner for filemanagers.. and you get a Linux > > > installation that can run twice as fast as it's windows95 counterpart, > > > or even faster. > > > > Hi Damian, > > Could you elaborate a bit on this. I've a P-166 w/ 32 megs currently > > running win98lite. I've thought that the key is maybe not using a > > desktop, just X and maybe IceWM, sylpheed, Opera, maybe ROX but I've > > never tried it. Is it possible to run with neither kde or gnome? And look > > for X apps? > > > > thanks, > > Richard. > > sure. > > this is what i did on that machine. > first, a FULL install of Mandrake 8.2. all packages, all window > environments, all programs. by the time i was installing i had not decided > which programs to use, so i was gonna pick later. for this task i set up a > 7GB ReiserFS partition plus an excessive 500 MB swap (i knew it was going > to get used a lot, so..) > > well, once everything was done, up & running, the setup was pretty much > what i described in the last message. > > once logged in: (of course booting left you in a text login screen) > > the session manager was 'Xtart' which is a text-mode menu which lets you > select your windowmanager. > > Fluxbox starts un on that machine in about 5 seconds, which is very > acceptable. > > Sylpheed starts up in AMAZING 3 seconds. ( This machine used to give me > enough time to go to the bathroom for a leak wile Outlook Express loaded.. > ) > > As for the rest, filerunner, rox, Gaim and Licq for IM, they all popped up > in under 10 seconds, which is a whole lot faster that windoze > counterparts.. ( ever tried to load ICQ2001b on your machine? :o) ) > > Opera was the fastest browser to start, also. and the most responsive. > > > The overall performance of this computer was really good, considering > what the hardware was. ( 2 MB video RAM, SoundBlaster16... 22X CD-Rom..) > > for example, this little test i did: > > if i boot win98 on this machine, i open up 3 Internet explorer windows, > play MP3 music on WinAmp, and fire up ICQ2001b and outlook express 5.5, > all at the same time, the system got so slow you had time to count to > three before any window responded to mouse clicks. the mp3 playing > in winamp would sound a bit choppy when i moved windows around > and opened, say, a Notepad. > > On linux, Opera with 3 windows opened inside of it, Xmms playing > MP3, Gaim and sylpheed worked reasonably well. Granted, there > was about a second of thrashing in the HD after every window > minimize/maximize or opening new dialogs and such, but it was, > never the less, impressive. > > Of course, the one big downfall of this installation was office apps, > so i had to leave it dual-boot and use Office97 for word processing > and spreadsheets.. :oP > > > Damian
I have 7.1 happily running on a p100 with 4Gig and 64Megs and for office apps Star Office 5. KDE is quite responsive and it equates very favourably with W98. I loaded almost everything off the disks (box pack) then disabled starting of the services i didn't need. -- Michael
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