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Linux on older machines



Jerry would guess that Debian would be be better to install on *any* system.
:-)

MEG
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
To: discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org <discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org>
Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: Linux on older machines


Red Hat's installation is graphics based. I would guess that Debian would
be better to install on a smaller system.

On 4 Jan 99, at 14:34, Jonathan Finger <discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org> wrote:

>     I just tried to intall Redhat 5.2 on a 66MHz 486 with 8 Meg of
>     Ram. The installation software thrashed very badly.
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting
ICQ#156300
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