On 05/21/2010 07:41 AM, Alan Cox wrote: >>> it give me an error saying my BIOS was 1997 and I needed a a 2000 BIOS >>> or better. The machine has a Pentium 3 with 550 MHz CPU with over 700 >>> Megs memory but a small hard drive of just 10 Gigs >> >> To be honest, I think the CPU slowness, perhaps the RAM, and drive size >> are probably going to be a big problem, too. >> >> I've got servers with similar specs, and they run fine. But a for a >> workstation generating a video display, low specced computers get a bit >> painfully slow. > > You want plenty of RAM and a sensible desktop. There are several ways to > run Linux on small platforms and removing all the crud some of the > desktop people have written is an enormous improvement. > > XFCE + claws is snappy on old machines. Adding a SATA card and an Intel solid-state drive will probably work wonders too. - Mike -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
