Quoting Jayjay Ferro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have a friend who wants to learn Linux on his old pentium 133. What > version distro can I recommend, as I understand that the latest ones > will probably be very slow running on his machine?
Time plays tricks on one's self. I used a 486 with 64MB RAM for a simultaneous X11 desktop machine and multipurpose Internet server for many years. Of course, this was before people let RAM flow away like water, loading Star Office, galloping herds of autoloaded KDE and GNOME tasks, the GIMP, Mozilla, KMail, Evolution, and other piglets. Anyhow: (1) You didn't say how much RAM. A P133 with 32 MB is anemic, while a P133 with 128MB RAM might be perfectly fine. (2) I don't know of any distribution that won't at least install on a P133, given minimal RAM requirements (sometimes 64 MB), and of course enough disk space for whatever set of installable packages you select. (3) You didn't say what sort of user your friend is. Is he looking to learn Unix system administration, do development work, be a "desktop" user, or what? -- Cheers, There are only 10 types of people in this world -- Rick Moen those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don't. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
