Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-06 Thread Charles McColm
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 08:54, T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:42:12PM -0500, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > > 233MHz For the hell of it the other day I tried (and successfully installed) Red Hat Linu

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-06 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:42:12PM -0500, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz I have RH 7.3 running on my Toshiba Libretto (P166MMX, 64MB) as well as on a HP "all-on-board" machine (P233MMX, 48MB). Both work amazingly

RE: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Cannon, Andrew
Paul, At the risk of being excommunicated, I has Mandrake 7.1 installed on an AMD K6-233 a while ago. I didn't have any problems with it at all. I think RH 7-7.2 were more or less the same as MDK7. Andy *** NNC Lim

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:56, Marcos de Souza Trazzini wrote: > WOW !!! or you're too patient, or you really optimize your Linux BOX > running on a Pentium 120... Congratulations > Why? here is my firewall at home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bhughes]$ free total used free

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 16:26, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > i want to run linux in a workstation i have tried with rh7.2 and it run slow also i > have tried with mandrake9.1 and it run too slow. > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz > -- > Paul

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread mark
> From: "Richard Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 15:43:55 -0500 > > Really it depends on what you are using it for. For a desktop system > (X-Windows) the P120 wouldnt be that great. For a gateway/router it > would suffice just fine. Yup. Of course, please define "old compute

RE: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Richard Humphrey
04, 2003 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What distribution works well with old computers? WOW !!! or you're too patient, or you really optimize your Linux BOX running on a Pentium 120... Congratulations On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:13, Patrick Nelson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-04

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Samuel Flory
a previous version of the RedHat, like the 6.2 (kernel 2.2). On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 00:42, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX 233MHz Have RH9 installed on a P120 with 198MB RAM and a 8MB video. It's not hard I'

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Marcos de Souza Trazzini
want to recompile the kernel, try to use a previous version > > of the RedHat, like the 6.2 (kernel 2.2). > > > > On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 00:42, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > > > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > > > 233MHz > > Have

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Juan Nin
> i want to run linux in a workstation i have tried with rh7.2 and it run slow also i have tried with mandrake9.1 and it run too slow. > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz maybe Debian.. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL

What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Paul Sutcliffe
i want to run linux in a workstation i have tried with rh7.2 and it run slow also i have tried with mandrake9.1 and it run too slow. What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX 233MHz -- Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pro Naturaleza -- redhat-list mailin

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Phil Savoie
Mandrake, Redhat, SuSE I have tried all on my P200 MMX and although slow, workable. Phil On Thursday 05 June 2003 00:29, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz > -- > Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pro Na

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Patrick Nelson
t; customized options for best performance with this machine. > > If you don't want to recompile the kernel, try to use a previous version > of the RedHat, like the 6.2 (kernel 2.2). > > On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 00:42, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > > What distribution works well wi

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Rick Forrister
On 04 Jun 2003 22:42:12 -0500 Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz 6.1 ran well, and IIRC, 7.3 did well, too. I think I had to do a text based install with 7.3. YMMV. rickf -- redhat-list

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread MWafkowski
;Paul Sutcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:42 PM Subject: What distribution works well with old computers? > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz > -- > Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Marcos de Souza Trazzini
pile the kernel, try to use a previous version of the RedHat, like the 6.2 (kernel 2.2). On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 00:42, Paul Sutcliffe wrote: > What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX > 233MHz > -- > Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pro Naturaleza

RE: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Kalus
What are you trying to do with it? Use it as a firewall? Use it as a workstation? Michael -Original Message- From: Paul Sutcliffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 4, 2003 11:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What distribution works well with old computers? What distribution

What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Paul Sutcliffe
What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX 233MHz -- Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pro Naturaleza -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Juan Nin
From: Paul Sutcliffe >What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX 233MHz I got a couple of RH 7.1 servers running Postfix+Amavisd+pop-before-smtp, Apache, MySQL, Proftpd and others and work great on a Pentium II 233Mhz with 128MB RAM haven't tried it as desktop

What distribution works well with old computers?

2003-06-05 Thread Paul Sutcliffe
What distribution works well with old computers? like a pentiumMMX 233MHz -- Paul Sutcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pro Naturaleza