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| 148547 | 2003-05-30 05:47:00 | Which Linux is best for a pentum 200, 64mb ram, 2gb hd I would perfer a well known type ie mandrake or red hat and i need kde or gnome, older versions are welcome but i would like somthing that is easy to use and is compatible with windows files and networks and hp printers. |
Brad H (738) | ||
| 148548 | 2003-05-30 06:26:00 | Something like mandrake 8.0 would run reasonably on that. Although more RAM would make it nicer to use. | bmason (508) | ||
| 148549 | 2003-05-30 06:33:00 | thanks, I already have a copy of mandrake 8.2 | Brad H (738) | ||
| 148550 | 2003-05-30 10:35:00 | If you already have it, you might as well give it a go. It shouldn't be too bad if you turn off as much eye candy as possible (you can turn some back on later if your happy with the speed). I would suggest KDE over gnome unless you install the older gmc filemanager instead, because nautilus is slow. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 148551 | 2003-05-30 11:50:00 | Agreed! Although a light-weigth window manager like XFCE would be your best option til you get at least 32MB More RAM :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 148552 | 2003-05-30 13:30:00 | I would install KDE 3.0 barebone on mandrake 8.0 - 9.0 and use a RPM manager to only install what you need. | Dylan (800) | ||
| 148553 | 2003-05-30 20:58:00 | Although you would have to be careful with the dependancies, you can compromise system stability etc. if you remove the wrong thing when KDE needs it ;-) | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 148554 | 2003-05-31 02:52:00 | Thanks, All of the replies have brought me out of the dark | Brad H (738) | ||
| 148555 | 2003-05-31 08:57:00 | true, but the package manager I have says "you will also need to install these file xxxxxxx.xxx, xxxxx.xxx, etc". It should take care of all the libraries and dependancies | Dylan (800) | ||
| 148556 | 2003-05-31 09:35:00 | Just out of interest, how much hard drive space does a full installation of rh9, mndrake9 take up?? And how does the linux filesystem work? I can't understand it...its not like windows with all the system files in one place...theres so much stuff to search through! |
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