Older version of Linux?
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Hey there all - i need a suggestion. I have a few 486's [:-O] lying around at home that i would like to use as an experiment to learn more about Linux, and get experience etc. but i only have Mandrake 8.2 at home, which i think will be way too heavy for the 486. does anyone know of a 'lighter' distro i can use, or, say, an old version of RedHat? thanks Paul ;)
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Hey there all - i need a suggestion. I have a few 486's [:-O] lying around at home that i would like to use as an experiment to learn more about Linux, and get experience etc. but i only have Mandrake 8.2 at home, which i think will be way too heavy for the 486. does anyone know of a 'lighter' distro i can use, or, say, an old version of RedHat? thanks Paul ;)
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Well if you have the experience in Linux I would recommend considering Debian[^]. A combination of the latest Debian installed with WindowMaker[^] gives a pretty light desktop, and works great. As part of some Linux advocacy we did recently we installed 10 486 machines in this manner that used a remote X display to push Netscape to the desktop from a high end server to give a school a low cost LAB in the inner city. However, if you are NOT comfortable with the low downs of Linux, Debian is not your beast. You will end up having a love hate relationship with the dselect/apt and just how lean... or bloated.... you want to install. You might also consider checking out your local LUG (Linux User Group) and see if maybe you can get some support through them. Chances are they may have some lighter distros you can try. Good luck. :cool: - Dana
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Well if you have the experience in Linux I would recommend considering Debian[^]. A combination of the latest Debian installed with WindowMaker[^] gives a pretty light desktop, and works great. As part of some Linux advocacy we did recently we installed 10 486 machines in this manner that used a remote X display to push Netscape to the desktop from a high end server to give a school a low cost LAB in the inner city. However, if you are NOT comfortable with the low downs of Linux, Debian is not your beast. You will end up having a love hate relationship with the dselect/apt and just how lean... or bloated.... you want to install. You might also consider checking out your local LUG (Linux User Group) and see if maybe you can get some support through them. Chances are they may have some lighter distros you can try. Good luck. :cool: - Dana
tks for the info - and no, you guessed it, i'm not your regular Linux geek, but would really like to become one :-D I'll see about finding a LUG... Paul ;)
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