gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars?

[Alex Snow]

Think slackware will run on a 486 sx with 16 mb ram and a 300 gig hd?
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From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars?


> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
>
> > My linux box isn't up yet, but I already have a favorite: debian.  It
only
> > takes up 1 cd, has the lowest minimum requirements I know.  I will also
use
> > slackware (zipspeak) temperarily until I can get a 500 meg hd for the
486
> > I'm going to put linux on.
>
> Slackare also takes up 1 cd, unless you want all the sources, the cd-based
> file system image, and all the extra sunsite goodies.  Also, suggest you
> read lowmem.txt in the root of the Slackware linux cd, although it says
> there are no garantees, Linux can still come up with 4 mb of ram, I've
> tried it.
>
> Also, of course, I'm pretty sure that Slackware is the oldest distro
> around.
>
> Cheers.
>
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