Claus Atzenbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Does Mandrake 7.0-2 (Air) work on an Intel 486 computer?
>
> 2) My girlfriend needs a computer just to type essays and read
> mail. Would be a 486 enough to do this using X? (I would set up a
> network to my Pentium III -- also running Mandrake -- that she
> could use the programs on this faster computer.)
>
> My concern is about using X on a 486 with (lets say) 16 MB RAM.
>
> Any experiences?
>
> Regards,
> Claus.
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Mandrake 6.0 and up have been optimized for Pentium class machines, and thus
MAY not work w/486. You might try an older version like 5.3, or try a distro
that has not been Pentium optimized. With 16M RAM X will run, albeit rather
sluggishly with KDE (possible worse w/Gnome). But for Word processing and
e-mail it should be OK.
Mike
"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol
than alcohol has taken out of me."
--Winston Churchill
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