Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-11 Thread Matt Price
Sorry for the long delay -- just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who responded, you were all very helpful. I'm looking forward to this project -- and I'll see if I can hunt down some extra ram for this machine! thanks, matt On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 10:21:28AM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > >

RE: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-03 Thread Narins, Josh
> Hi everyone, > Hi! > A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > P-II 300 > 96 meg ram > 20 gig hard drive > > I'd like to take the machine on a month-long trip

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Roberto Sanchez
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:47:47PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Sunday, 02 March 2003, 02:07 AM -0800): > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > >

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:47:47PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > -- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Sunday, 02 March 2003, 02:07 AM -0800): > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > >

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Sunday, 02 March 2003, 02:07 AM -0800): > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > > P-II 300 > > 96 meg ram > > 20 gig hard

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Klaus Imgrund
> > -if necessary, alternatives to / modifications of OpenOffice that > > don't require quite so much room to work as the standard OO > > installation needs? > > > > Would it perhaps be useful to compile stuff from scratch, rather > > than use generic debian packages? Compile OO? Didn't follo

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Chris Halls
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > So does anyone have suggesions about > -tweaks to get debian to run optimally on a (relatively) small > memory/processing speed budget; > -if necessary, alternatives to / modifications of OpenOffice that > don't require quite so much ro

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-02 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about Join the club 40s :-) > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > P-II 300 > 96 meg r

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-03-01 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:05:05PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > P-II 300 > 96 meg ram > 20 gig hard drive

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-02-28 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 28 February 2003, 10:05 PM -0500): > A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about > to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. > The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, > P-II 300 > 96 meg ram > 20 gig har

Re: debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-02-28 Thread Russell Shaw
Matt Price wrote: Hi everyone, A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, P-II 300 96 meg ram 20 gig hard drive I'd like to take the machine on a month-long trip, where I'

debian on laptop w/ limited ram/speed/HD

2003-02-28 Thread Matt Price
Hi everyone, A middle-aged (~4 years old -- so, not old, not new) laptop is about to become available to me, and I'd like to install debian on it. The system is an HP Omnibook A4100, P-II 300 96 meg ram 20 gig hard drive I'd like to take the machine on a month-long trip, where I'd use it mmostly