[Wolves] What can I run on this machine?
AlexG
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sun May 11 23:46:00 2003
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Hi,
I now have a rather old (~ 6 years) AMD K6-233 machine, that I got back =
off my parents. They decided that they liked it enough to buy a new =
one, so gave me the one I built for them back. It has a couple of 1.2Gb =
HDD, an ATI All-In-Wonder-Pro PCI card, based on the Rage-2 chipset. An =
ancient ISA sound card, that i don't think I have any drivers for, i =
think it will run on the old yamaha ones, but I'll need to just try it =
and see (for the price it might be worth replacing with a PCI one). =
I've also added a network card.
What I want to know is, what version of Linux will run on this? I tried =
vector Linux yesterday, and although I think I did everything OK, I just =
got a lot or error message when it tried to extract the files. I have a =
copy of Debian(1-7) but i couldn't get disk 1 to boot, this might have =
been my fault due to the way I burnt the disk. (I'll download it again =
and run off another copy.) I also have Mandrake 9.0/8.?, and possibly =
some older versions of Red Hat. Any suggestions of which distro I =
should use (I suspect the answer will be Debian) ;) And what should I =
install to get a system that runs at a resonable speed, with god =
functionality for day to day use? I would like to have X-windows and a =
WM, but I don't want to stick to KDE as I think this is a little to =
heavy for it. Is it worth putting on an older distro, and then =
updateing the Kernel, or is this a waste of effort when a 'vanilla' =
install will do?
Regards,
Alex
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I now have a rather old (~ 6 years) AMD =
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machine, that I got back off my parents. They decided that they =
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enough to buy a new one, so gave me the one I built for them back. =
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a couple of 1.2Gb HDD, an ATI All-In-Wonder-Pro PCI card, based on the =
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chipset. An ancient ISA sound card, that i don't think I have any =
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for, i think it will run on the old yamaha ones, but I'll need =
to just try=20
it and see (for the price it might be worth replacing with a PCI=20
one). I've also added a network card.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>What I want to know is, =
what version of=20
Linux will run on this? I tried vector Linux yesterday, and =
although I=20
think I did everything OK, I just got a lot or error message when it =
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to extract the files. I have a copy of Debian(1-7) =
but i=20
couldn't get disk 1 to boot, this might have been my fault due to =
the way=20
I burnt the disk. (I'll download it again and run off another =
copy.) I also have Mandrake 9.0/8.?, and possibly some older =
versions of=20
Red Hat. Any suggestions of which distro I should use (I suspect =
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answer will be Debian) ;) And what should I install to get a =
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runs at a resonable speed, with god functionality for day to day =
use? I=20
would like to have X-windows and a WM, but I don't want to stick to KDE =
as I=20
think this is a little to heavy for it. Is it worth putting on an =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alex</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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