operating systems

From: jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Wed Dec 31 13:01:17 1997

Hi all!

Snip!

> Errrr...not to quibble...but the primary restriction on using Linux is the
> processor and the RAM not so much the hard drive. You can run a usable
> linux system on a 386 with 4mb of RAM and 20mb of drive space. I know
> because I ran a small FTP/web server on one...if I powered it up, it'd
> still run and do ok...can't handle many simultaneous users and swaps
> itself to death if you don't reboot it every morning but that's easy
> with crond.
>
> You can't do ALOT of software development mind you...but you can have
> full networking utilities...even run Lynx for web stuff...and write
> shell scripts and editors and do all kinds of useful things.
>
> Wirehead - Anthony Clifton

Good!

I've a LTE 386s/20 with 10mb ram/500mb HD. How bad the performance
go if someone have successfully ran win X on it? Slow as cold honey
or frozen? I have no luck getting very basic win X to work on that
LCD display even included the scan H and V rates in there right off
the original manual (34khz and 140hz respectively) with either SVGA
(I know it will still be 16 colors "shades"), mono or VGA16 servers.
After running the GUI-based program to configure X it says I have a
working server but when after that, hung before I get the adjust
screen part. I tried several graphics based games that were not
required for X with same results. Is ther a way to force a old
fashioned VGA mode on all of these stuff? Slackware 3.4 and XF86
3.3.1.

I had a feeling that Slackware 3.4 is tad broken because the bare.i
boot kernel is broken right off the site along with minor irrations
but I have no problem with other kernels.

(Old notebook has cached 4k and o/c'ed the 386sx cpu to 25mhz w/ no
problems.)

Thanks!

Jason D.
Received on Wed Dec 31 1997 - 13:01:17 GMT