Thanks a lot for your help , guys.
P.s : think, we'll add memory and proceed with Centos 5 ...
Michael A. Peters wrote:
> Niki Kovacs wrote:
>
>> Dmitry a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Could you please give me advice about issue described below.
>>>
>>> My friends have to use a PC with old hardware for a few months. They've
>>> got 128MB of RAM, 20 GB hard drive; Pentium 3 processor.
>>>
>>> At the moment they have windows xp running on it, but it's very slow.
>>>
>>> What are the system requirements for CentOS 2 or any other version of
>>> this OS that may be suitable?
>>>
>>> Can you recommend any other Linux distro that would be easy to install
>>> and to use?
>>>
>> Yes. CentOS 5. Start with a minimal install (base system). Install and
>> configure X. Only install packages you really need, be sure to
>> deactivate all unnecessary services. Go for XFCE, IceWM, Fluxbox or some
>> other lighter window manager. This sort of configuration is running in
>> my neighbour's home, I installed it for them on their old PIII-500 with
>> 128 MB RAM.
>>
>>
>
> To add - I run CentOS 5 just fine on an IBM Thinkpad T20 (700MHz PIII
> when plugged in, 550MHz on battery) with 384MB of ram.
>
> I ran it just fine on 256MB until one of the ram modules died. I then
> ran it on 128MB painfully while waiting for the replacement (256MB) chip
> to arrive. Note though that I'm running the full gnome GUI.
>
> Disable JavaScript except when you absolutely must have it, browsing
> with JS / flash enabled crashes low memory machines.
>
> Don't use OpenOffice - AbiWord an Gnumeric both do well on low memory
> machines. For that matter, so does LaTeX as it just uses a text editor
> until you are ready to compile your document, but LaTeX has quite a
> learning curve.
>
> If the 20GB HD is a 5400RPM (probably is) try to get a 7200RPM drive -
> that's what I did in my old laptop and the difference was night and day.
>
> If it is a desktop, and you do replace the drive with faster spinning,
> if there's room to continue using the older drive - you can use the
> older drive as dedicated swap, which will help a lot. You don't need
> 20GB of swap, you can partition it, but don't use the non swap for
> anything much other than storage of stuff you don't need to access often.
>
> This, btw, is what I love about Linux. Old hardware stays useful for
> much longer, reducing waste in the land fills.
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