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Linux for an old pc
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 5:41 pm
by Vicious
Hey can anyone tell me Im a newbie with linux and have no clue what to do. So the easier the better. Its for a 1 gb hard drive. pc 100 and 40 mb ram so it would have to go back a bit. I just want to get a feel for it and stuff. Thanks alot.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 6:49 pm
by hedge
You should be able to install any distro, you will have to do a minimal install and will not be able to install X.
Redhat is probably the most bloated, I don't know which distro is the leanest. You could also install BSD, I have openBSD installed on my p120 with a 2g drive.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:00 pm
by m3mn0n
To get a real 'feel' for it as a desktop OS you'd should have a GUI installed...unless your a real DOS/command line type of guy.
I've yet to find a distro that can support a laptop I got, that has 1.4gig hd and 16 mb ram, and also allow me to use X or KDE.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 11:27 pm
by Vicious
I dont know dos one bit lol.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 7:56 am
by jason
Vicious: Install Fedora.
http://fedora.redhat.com
It's got a graphical install, and should provide a small installation, and it should be an easy installation (most important).
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:43 am
by Pyrite
hedge wrote:... and will not be able to install X.
Are you on crack???
XFree86 only takes up about 100 megs. Even then, if you know where you're doing you can get it down to 16 or so.
But most newbs use Mandrake or Redhat (Fedora as its called now). There are some distros made for small HD's too.
But my best advice to to download the ISO for Knoppix (google it for the site url). This will let you run linux on your PC without installing it onto your HD. It is a bootable CD, packed full of software and GUI's. Plus there is no risk.