I plane to put this machine like a workstation or like a terminal, but I not
sure if this is possible.
I think that the Java Virtual Machine can run in this Operating System.
** off topic **
Anybody knows how can I work with sockets with Turbo C++ for DOS?
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Paul_Rodr=EDguez?= escribió:
> There are some distribution specially dsigned for older systems. These
> include:
>
> Tiny Linux http://tiny.seul.org/
> Hal 91 http://jspiro.tripod.com/linux/hal91.htm
> Peanut Linux http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/
> MuLinux http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/
> ZipHam http://perso.libertysurf.fr/f5nlg
> DLX http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h93/h9301726/dlx.html
> Grey Cat Linux http://www.intelcities.com/Coder_Canyon/theking/
>
> Kde and Gnome are going to require (arguably) at least 32mb. Someone please
> correct me on this, I'm not sure how much is required or recommended. With
> 4 or 8 megs, you are much better off running in text only mode or running a
> lighter window manager such as:
>
> Window Maker http://www.windowmaker.org/
> or Black Box http://blackbox.alug.org/
>
> Check out this page on Window Managers for X http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ to
> get an idea of the options.
>
> Good luck.
>
> -Paul R
>
> PS WHat are you planning to use this system for?
> I have an old 386sx I'm going to be trying to use as a firewall/router soon.
> Should be fun (and I'm probably going to need some help from the list when I
> get started).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ingo Bauer
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 12:49 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux for 486
>
> hmmmm ... you will find distributions that will run on 4MB ... Albeit a
> little slow .... Running X (Gnome,KDE and so on) is highly unlikely .....
>
> Ingo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Édison Andrés [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: February 21, 2001 10:58 AM
> To: Linux Novatos
> Subject: [newbie] Linux for 486
>
> Hello everybody.
>
> I'm looking for a Linux versión for a 486 PC with 4 megas in RAM and a
> procesor of 50 MHz.
>
> I want to know if I can put in this machine a StartX service? what
> station of work would you recommend me? KDE? GNOME?
>
> Thanks for all.
>
> --
> Édison Andrés Rivera Noreña
> Ingeniero de Sistemas
> Departamento de Informática
> Universidad de San Buenaventura
> Medellín - Colombia
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