Re: [SLUG] asking for Advice

[Thom May <thom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had Gnome 1.4 running on a P166 with 32Mb Ram (yes, including
nautilus :P) and while it wasn't exactly the fastest thing on
the planet, it was highly useable.
(Don't even bother with Mozilla though).
I would tend to suggest using a fully customisable distro such as debian
though - especially if you're as space limited as it sounds.
Cheers,
-Thom
* John Zantey (johnzantey@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote :
> I have a pentium 166mmx 96Mb RAM (DIMM), 4Mb S3V-d/x + 12Mb VooDoo-II, and
> have just aquired a 1.7Gb Hdd. I have a 600Mb to use as an etra mnt pt
> now... Hmmm /usr maybe???
> 
> Infortunately I need to get a new modem too (currently Avtek 28.8K)
> 
> I was wondering if I have enough grunt to load a 'modern' installation with
> all bells and whistles. ie: KDE2, GUI linuxconf, etc...
> 
> I have adequated myself with the bare primitives in the past and built my
> systems up from base installs or by self creation using the FHS as a guide
> to put a system together...
> 
> I aint much on the GUI stuff, although I do know how to have a bre minimal X
> set-up.. hehehe, and wish to learn a great deal more about it, esp. the new
> stuff.
> 
> 1.7Gb aint heaps these days, but enough do put a 'modern' install on... and
> was inquiring as to if my system will be suffice to handle all the new GUI
> toys?
> 
> Cheers
> John Z.
> 
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