On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 20:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2007/12/31 03:08 (GMT-0500) Ric Moore apparently typed: > > > Anyone know offhand if there is a "small linux" distro that also uses > > rpms? I've got some PII's and PIII's to install to, and then give them > > away to our charity. So, I'd like something that can make use of these > > old machines and include a CD with each of them. > > Why do you think a PII or PIII can't run Fedora acceptably? Any of Fedora, > Mandriva or OpenSUSE on any CPU of 500-600 MHz or more, FSB of 100 MHz or > more, and physical RAM of more than 256M should be adequate, depending on > intended use and choice of Desktop Environment. I have several recent/current > distros working KDE perfectly adequately on a 9 year old PIII-700 system with > 512M RAM, and I haven't bothered on any of them to strip unneeded services. > Faster is certainly better, but don't let that distort your perception of > what is really required. > > The speed of the newest systems has gotten so high that it screws up people's > perspective on what's really required. > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-ArchSpecific.html#sn-ArchSpecific-x86-hw > shows recommended CPU for graphical Fedora 8 is still only 400 MHz, RAM only 256M Thanks for all the replies!! I have tried Fedora 7 on an eMachine with 512 of ram (that I tossed into it) and it really lags slower than my old old 486DX2-66 when I ran Caldera on it back when... with 32 megs of memory. So, I was figuring that with a small enough distro they should lift up their skirts and haul ass. No, I don't have to have rpm, but I just prefer it since back when. Just for grins, I'll re-install Fedora 7 to the eMachine and not install KDE or Gnome. I'll report back tomorrow what occurred and how she runs and feels. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
