Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
On Friday 08 April 2005 12:25 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. > > Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the > processor in question? Well, probably because Gentoo would take about 5 years to compile on that machine. Despite all the optimizations, running Gentoo on anything less than a 1.5-1.6 GHz machine is IMO crazy, since everything has to be compiled. It takes forever on anything slower. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 144mb, that runs 10.x pretty poorly, well the video stinks, and I have been thinking of running another distro to see if it would be better. 9.2 ran on it pretty well. Rob Have you considered the time an install would take, compiling all the packages, on a Pentium 233? (Let me see - if I remember right, figure 3-4 hours for the kernel itself...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 15:14, Tim wrote: > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Why not use Gentoo, where each package is compiled on the fly for the processor in question? I have a Pentium 266 laptop with 144mb, that runs 10.x pretty poorly, well the video stinks, and I have been thinking of running another distro to see if it would be better. 9.2 ran on it pretty well. Rob -- Linux User #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 03:14 pm, Tim wrote: | Hello all, | | | Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum | requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually | running 10.1 on this pc. | | Also, | | Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on | a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. | | Cheapbytes (http://www.cheapbytes.com) has Mandrake disks back to 7.0.8.2 might also work with that system with KDE and all the eye candy turned on. But the 7.x series will fly on that old hardware. Newer distros and Xfce should work o.k., maybe excellently, but it will take some getting used to because that is quite a departure from the Winsux desktop look. I run DSL (damn small linux) on a P233 laptop with 64 megs and it works really excellent. I used DSL because I wanted the complete system and a couple hundred megs of free space on a 300 Meg partition. e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
- Original Message - From: "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1 > Hello all, > > > Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum > requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually > running 10.1 on this pc. > > Also, > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. > > Its for my mother, who wants to "have a go on the Internet", I set her > up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware > after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm > before she went online. > > Tim > > > I have Mandrake 9.1 running on a Penntium 200 with 64Mb Ram. It's a little sluggish running KDE but I'm sure one of the lighter window managers would work pretty quick. HTH Shaz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] min spec's for 10.1
On Thursday 07 April 2005 23:14, Tim wrote: > Hello all, > > > Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum > requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually > running 10.1 on this pc. > > Also, > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. > > Its for my mother, who wants to "have a go on the Internet", I set her > up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware > after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm > before she went online. > > Tim Well my laptop is running 10.1 on a 233MHz Pentium I with 96MB of RAM, and it still runs (very slowly) if I set the RAM to 32MB. KDE is very slow, but IceWM or other lightweight window managers work acceptably. You would have to pick your applications carefully. Avoid any KDE app. I find good apps to use are Opera - browser (Faster than Firefox on a low end machine) Sylpheed - email client (although the email client built into Opera is also OK) Rox - file manager xmms - media player abiword - word processor (forget OpenOffice on this spec) You will need to select the kernel-i586-up-1GB kernel on a Pentium I. It will not boot with the standard kernel. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] min spec's for 10.1
Hello all, Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually running 10.1 on this pc. Also, Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. Its for my mother, who wants to "have a go on the Internet", I set her up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm before she went online. Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
