--- On Fri, 5/21/10, 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. Or LXDE (http://www.lxde.org/). B -- 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
