From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17yFGx-0000EQ-00 for ; Sun, 06 Oct 2002 13:32:55 -0400 Received: (qmail 21757 invoked by uid 0); 6 Oct 2002 17:32:20 -0000 Received: from c24-151-119-91-4.newt1.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.119.91) by mail.gmx.net (mp014-rz3) with SMTP; 6 Oct 2002 17:32:20 -0000 Message-ID: <000b01c26d5e$09f50080$6401a8c0@computer> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <20021006172431.GA4736@dalek> Subject: Re: system requirements for red hat 8.0 Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 13:30:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well I just put slack8.1 on a pentium 75 or is it 100 and it runs fine. And that's a "old" machine, it does have pci slots though. Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm sick of Winblows! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" To: Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: Re: system requirements for red hat 8.0 > Uhh. If you can't get GNU/Linux running on that...I'll eat my > hat. Which I won't have to do...I like my hat...No problem with that > hardware. > > 200/300MHz processors are plenty fast enough. You can get a GNU/Linux > system on a 386...but...any ol' Pentium will do nicely. 32MB is nice, > 64MB is nicer, and depending on how creative you wanna be, you can get > a system into a fairly small space...but any system with a P2 or P3 > likely has at least a couple gig HDD...plenty of room. I believe > official spec still says at least a 386, at least 8MB RAM (may require > 16MB these day)...drive space is pretty variable depending on what you > want. Still, with the hardware you propose, you ought not have any > problems. > > BTW, don't knock those "old" systems. ... Both desktops here are "old" > (a P2/450...or is it a P3/450? Anyway) and a AMD K6-2/350. Laptop is > the newest and fastest machine I own...I actually also have a P133 I > want to put GNU/Linux on, but not sure about the four-disc changer I > have in it. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, > Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, > Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >