Win95 will run on a 386. I dont know if it will install on a 386 through. I
once had 95 running on a 386 with 8 mi ram. I got the hard drive second hand
with windows on it. Then I just had to put it in and turn on.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Hillary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a
straight answer please
> My install of mandrake 7.2 with KDE2 and stuff was about 400Mb. 400Mb, for
> 400mb I had a system that booted into a GUI (KDE), and office package and
a
> second word prossecer (Koffice and abiword). Loads of games and internet
> stuff. Compare that to windows for 300mb you can install a bear system,
then
> add office on that and all of the other little programs that you like and
> you can see that for systems of comparable usablity that linux is smaller.
> You have to remember that linux is a network and develporer OS so when you
> look at that download size you have to realise that there are loads of
> develpoment tools (devel libaries), server programs (Aphace), and loads of
> other times that the normal desktop user will never need.
>
> The other reasons for using it is that it is more stable (as long as your
> not a kernel developer or such like), and to be free of the closed source
> compaines (Its that moral bit). Also if you want to see the insides of
your
> system you can do that.
>
> When you read things saying linux can be run on i386's you have to
remember
> that when refering to linux you are talking about the kernel, and yes the
> kernel (and other programs) can be run on a i386 but not all of them.
Linux
> is great for reusing old bits of hardware, setting up firewalls or just a
> computer that you can attach extra stuff to. It is great for stuff like
> that. With win 98 the install program won't even allow it to be installed
on
> a P166.
>
> Any I will stop rambering now
>
> Mark Hillary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 7:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Why use linux at all? - not heresy, just want a
> straight answer please
>
>
> > Paul wrote:
> > >
> > > > ok, here is the real question: why do people try running linux?, the
> > > > impression i had gathered was that it was a lighter os and could be
> used on
> > > > older machines, (i386 etc). I was a little dismayed when i saw the
> download
> > > > size. How much disk space will a bare install need?
> > > >
> > > > David and Alicia
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Most people that 'try' running linux have probably not read enough
about
> it to know what
> > > is possible and how to do it.
> > > Millions of people run Linux and are happy with it.
> > >
> > > Progress is made in all areas, in the development of linux, Windows,
and
> hardware. If the
> > > hardware gets more potent, then the OS's of that timeframe will grow
> along with that.
> > > You can indeed run Linux on a 386, but you can not expect to take all
> the advantages of
> > > the new OS-technology using old hardware-technology.
> > > Mandrake is optimized for Pentium class processors, not i386.
> > > Redhat is compiled for i386, and when you use RH5.2 (from which, if I
am
> not mistaken,
> > > Mandrake originated) or RH6.0, that will run nicely on an I386. You
can
> not install
> > > everything, but a basic system with some Xwindow support should be
> possible on your specs
> > > of i386 with 540mb. Even with 8 megs of RAM, this should function.
(Not
> 'run', but
> > > 'walk'.)
> > >
> > > Compare what you need for a basic mandrake installation with a bare
> Xwindow system, and
> > > windows95, and you may not find much difference. Using Linux made me
> microsoft
> > > independent, free of blue screens of death, DLL's in all forms and
> shapes and versions, an
> > > uninterpretable registry file, and the power to influence the system
and
> repair it when it
> > > breaks down. Windows does not let me do that.
> > > If you seek the ease of windows, being taken by the hand by wizards
> which make all the
> > > decisions for you, then windows is what you want. If you want to be
able
> to use your
> > > computer by what you put in it yourself, then you can go with Linux.
> > > (My expression of thoughts entirely of course.)
> > > Paul
> >
> > Good ol' DLLS. Once of the major causes of many Windows crashes.
> > --
> > Roman
> > Registered Linux User #179293
> >
>
>
