[H-GEN] HEADS UP: Debian for Kids

[David Findlay]

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> I really like xfce too. It is a linux look-alike of the CDE interface from
> the Unix people. Nobody has responded actually giving an indication that
> they do substantial things with  a 486 and 8 Mb RAM running X Windows on a
> 3 00 Mb drive.

In 1996 I started using Linux, on a nice little dinky 386. I forget what the 
speed was, but i think it had 8Mb RAM.

> OK it is technically possible to run a base system with X but I don't think
> I would like to run StarOffice 5.2 under such circumstances with a
> non-accelerated ISA video card. The only people I have had first hand
> knowledge with have really been running a gateway or mail server or some
> such system that is not heavily taxed from an x/application point of view.
> It will be interesting to see when they try this but I have some
> reservations. There will not be a lot of hard drive space left and I
> suspect that there could be a lot of swap space thrashing (and don't forget
> we are talking a pretty well worn HDD that is probably 8 years old).
> But,....hey the proof will be in the pudding and I would be interested in
> hearing from people running X on a 486 with 8 Mb RAM and a 300 Mb HDD (or
> similar equipment) to see just what sort of things they are doing.

I ran X Window System, and Emacs. I couldn't download much else on my slow 
old modem. I also played with Lincity. So you can do stuff.

David

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