[NCLUG] Help requested in learning Linux

[mbutcher]

Oh, sorry... I had a brain lapse... Mandrake is compiled for i586, and will 
not work on a 486. Sorry....

Matt

On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:32 pm, crucial wrote:
> I have a working ~1.5G HD you can have, if your machines will recognize
> it.  In my experience, Mandrake was a little more finicky about
> museum-quality hardware than RedHat is.  For that matter, even my redhat
> installations were problematic on my old pentium 166 -- so maybe you will
> find it worthwhile to get a castoff box to play with.
> 	I have been using and like KRUD, the redhat-based distro
> put out by tummy.com here in FC.  It's nice to have the easy-update
> krudutils to keep on top of things.  I've seen mandrake run on a friend's
> machine, and it looked easy to put together, but I have reservations about
> making it run on the 486.
>
> --Rich
>
> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Marcio Luis Teixeira wrote:
> > > Cheapskate: I'm open to purchasing more capable hardware if what I have
> > > doesn't really offer the type of power needed to run Linux.  One of the
> > > many pages I've read on Linux states that I need at least 500 megabytes
> > > of hard disk for a "standard" install.  I can deal with that, but I
> > > thought that Linux was more efficient and stable than MS Windows and
> > > would give me the equivalent performance on a computer with a earlier
> > > hardware.  Perhaps I am wrong.
> >
> > The minimum install with no graphics GUI fits rather comfortably in
> > 250MBs (and you'll want to have 250MBs of free space, for files and
> > stuff), but such a minimum install is usually only good for firewalls or
> > server type applications. Without the GUI tools, you won't get much
> > satisfaction from it and maintenance is very difficult (since you don't
> > have any of the GUI tools to help you).
> >
> > It is true that a "standard" linux install may require a lot of space,
> > but you get a lot for it. Unlike Windows, a "standard" install includes
> > hundreds of applications, tools, documentation, some developer tools,
> > text editors, image viewers, etc. It isn't fair to compare one to the
> > other.
> >
> > I recommend at least 1GB or perhaps even 2GBs drive. Don't think this is
> > incompatible with being a cheapskate -- you can find a 2GB IDE drive on
> > eBay for under $15 and people will practically pay you to take the 1GB
> > "paperweights" off their hands!
> >
> > A second alternative is to combine the various drives you have onto one
> > machine. You should be able to put two IDE cards on your machine
> > (assuming you have enough IRQs) and each can support two drives.
> >
> > Anyhow, that's my 2 cents worth.
> >
> > Hope it helps,
> >
> > Marcio Luis Teixeira
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