[H-GEN] HEADS UP: Debian for Kids

Frank Brand fbrand at uq.net.au
Thu Jul 26 19:27:41 EDT 2001


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>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.


mmm...wouldn't exactly say emacs was a great tax on the system there.



I think our own Raymond Smith ran a 386 with 4 Mb RAM but I don't think he
ran X. Several other humbuggers still run 486's but usally as gateways, mail
servers and dns servers etc. Maybe you might get a little more success
(smaller file sizes) by using an older distribution that was more attuned to
a 486 ...say Red Hat 4 or 5 vintage.

Frank Brand


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