Re: Linux distro request

Hi,

On Apr 10, 1:58 pm, Evenbit <nbaker2...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 10, 10:42 am, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Rugxulo" <rugx...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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If you like only 32 MB of RAM limitations,

No, I don't...  I'm not completely sure, but I think that's all the MB will
accept.  I'd have to do some research, but, even if I found out, I'm not
sure if memory is still available for it...  It's odd that Linux won't run
that small.  Windows 98 SE will "out of the box"... albeit a bit slow.

I find it odd that Vista won't run that small!  :)

Vista is picky, mostly for reasons like ACPI motherboard support and
fancy gfx cards for Aero.

The earliest Intel/AMD style cpu I still have (and might use again someday)
is a DX2-66.  That's when PC gaming (Doom, Mech Warrior) started to take
off.  Everything prior to that was real slow.  I gave my small collection of
earlier 86 cpu's to a former friend.  Most of mine and my immediate family's
machines prior to AMD K6-2 500Mhz and Pentium II 450Mhz have been retired,
even if they were still useable.  Windows 98 didn't run too well on
pre-450/500Mhz cpu's.  So, I'd probably set the DX2-66 as a minimum useable
cpu for a modern OS without heavy GUI use.

Do you have any evidence to support your claim that Windows Vista will
run on a DX2-66 box???

It won't, even XP needs at least a Pentium 1.

http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/386vers.htm

 But, for a decently performing
OS with GUI and without 3D graphics, I'd probably set the minimum baseline
to the 450/500Mhz.

Again, do you have any evidence to support your claim that Windows
Vista will run on a 450/500Mhz box???

You need a newer-style motherboard with ACPI support, I think (among
other things). So, it's unlikely it'll work on older cpus. (Even the
Asus EEE has to run XP because Vista isn't appropriate. And yet MS is
*still* going to stop selling XP after June 30.)
.

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