On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 08:02:50PM -0600, Jim Taylor wrote: > > There's a really nice computer components shop in the nearest city, and > I'd like to put together an example of the minimum starter system for > Linux, given that it would have graphics capability. I'ld put a P400 with 128M of RAM as the minimum system on which you can work comfortably. > I have a used PC available for this purpose, but it has only 64MB RAM > and will barely boot the install CD in graphics mode, and it is VERY > SLOW, slow enough to discourage people from giving Linux a try. You can download rpms for FVWM, IceWM, XFCE or any other lightweight window manager. 64m of RAM will be plenty for them. Emmanuel