[NCLUG] Lite distros/programs for old pcs? \\ "no software to run" ???

[bill ehlert]

**  holy kow!  i thought the whole point
    of linux (or one of the points) is
    that you can run a whole lot of software
    that you get off the web!

    have i misunderstood everything???

    what is going on here ???



--- Michael Riversong <mriversong at earthlink.net>
wrote:
> This is right down my alley.  Have had a lot of
> experiences so far in 
> this, most of them unsuccessful.
> 
> I managed to get a Corel Linux installation up
> on an old machine, and it 
> worked ok with a really nice display.  Got
> Netscape working but not much 
> else.  Unfortunately Corel didn't provide much
> software and stopped 
> supporting the system after a while.  I've been
> trying to put something 
> else on that machine, but the Corel system is
> tenacious and blocks every 
> attempt.
> 
> Red Hat 7.2 has been working well on two
> machines running at 166.  It 
> comes with enough software to be useful.
> 
> Installed Mandrake 7.0 at one point on a 133
> Gateway.  It worked all 
> right, but there wasn't much with it.  So i
> eventually took it off and 
> replaced it with a Windows NT system.
> 
> Red Hat 6.1 will work on older machines, but
> again there's not much with 
> it.  I never tried the Internet with that
> install.  Eventually wiped it 
> out trying to install Suse 7.0, but that didn't
> take and then the hard 
> drive crashed.

    <snip>

p.s.  hello michael!





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