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| Thread ID: 69510 | 2006-06-04 03:42:00 | what modern distros will run on a 1ghz computer? | Greven (91) | PC World Chat |
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| 460308 | 2006-06-04 03:42:00 | My friends have bought an old 1ghz computer with 768mb of RAM to use as a development and testing server for their web design work. They are currently running Redhat 8 & hate it (mainly because dependancies are such a pain in redhat based distros) They are thinking about upgrading to a debian based distro, but I'm not sure how well the modern distros would work on a computer with those specs. They aren't really linux people, so gentoo & actual debian might be too much effort for them. I was thinking Ubuntu if the computer can handle it - Ubuntu still has all the debian stuff underneath, so it still makes a good server (even though it was designed as a desktop OS), and it has a nice, easy to use GUI for instillation & administration. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 460309 | 2006-06-04 03:55:00 | If they are not Linux people what difference will it make just what distribution is used? Use any that they are comfortable with. All Linux should run on that rig but you have to ensure you have drivers for all hardware. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 460310 | 2006-06-04 05:35:00 | Xandros Open Circulation 3.02 might be worth a try. It installs easily and is not too foreign for someone used to XP Then again, Simply Mepis 3.4.3 is more up to date and might suit better. Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 460311 | 2006-06-04 05:46:00 | If they have used Redhat, the should try Centos which is Red Hat Enterprise linux minus the price tag. If they change to a Debian based os the learning curve will be more dificult than sticking with a RedHat based distro. |
superuser (7693) | ||
| 460312 | 2006-06-04 06:19:00 | That machine will run anything. My play machine is a P3 933 MHz with 512MB of RAM and I put the latest distros in their full GUI glory on it with no problems at all. As it is going to be used as a web dev server, then go for Fedora Core 5. It comes with all the required server applications and you can choose a server for the type of installation you want. Red Hat 8 is very old. Things have improved hugely. Using Yum or Yumex as a package manager means if you download an application from their repositories, you shouldn't get any dependency issues. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 460313 | 2006-06-04 07:32:00 | As it is going to be used as a web dev server, then go for Fedora Core 5. If you want a stable server OS, fedora is not it. Fedora is a development/test OS, where as Centos is a more stable distro and will offer better long term support. |
superuser (7693) | ||
| 460314 | 2006-06-04 08:38:00 | If you want a stable server OS, fedora is not it . Fedora is a development/test OS, where as Centos is a more stable distro and will offer better long term support . The release version of Fedora should be fine . I doubt whether most people would notice any difference between Fedora and Centos . |
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