On 21 May 2010 04:41, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:00:10 +0930 > Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 11:20 -0700, Mercury Rising 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. > Claws is awesome! Would be even better if it had Google calendar support ... :-\ > Alan -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
