A couple of years ago I installed C6 on a ThinkPad A20 (512MB ram, 450MHz
cpu). It runs, but is painfully slow. It can handle vi in an xterm, but
not a modern web browser. Even a simple yum update takes too long.
Personally, i suggest staying with C5 and planning to recycle the hardware
when C5 goes EOL. It comes down to which applications you need to support
and how big your support budget is.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Niki Kovacs <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I often have to deal with relatively obsolete hardware in schools, public
> libraries, small town halls, etc. I still have a handful of CentOS 5.x
> installations around for these, but I wonder what CentOS 6.x desktop specs
> are, e. g. the minimum requirements (in terms of CPU and RAM) to reasonably
> run it. Will a battered first-generation P-IV with 512 MB RAM be
> sufficient? How much RAM does 6.x's graphical installer require to even
> start? Or is it better to opt for CentOS 5.x on this sort of dinosaur?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki
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