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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? |
| Date | 2013-07-02 10:48 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1307021046060.22035@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <67795add-1500-4d10-a1f0-c6f44b788acd@googlegroups.com> <slrnkt4akg.2kj.notbob@nbleet.hcc.net> <kqu8bq$h7q$1@dont-email.me> |
On Tue, 2 Jul 2013, Aragorn wrote: > On Tuesday 02 July 2013 03:19, notbob conveyed the following to > comp.os.linux.hardware... > >> On 2013-07-01, ddwr@hotmail.com <ddwr@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> One is a Pentium 4 with 1GB Ram.... >> >> Good enough. That will get you running a full install of 32bit >> Slackware linux with all the whistles and bells. 32bit slack is still >> happy as a clam on i486 hardware. I'm running it now on a 1.5MHz P4 >> with only .85G RAM and can watch youtube vids, no prob. > > Uhm, notbob, the OP says that he has no experience with GNU/Linux > whatsoever, and while running Slackware certainly does teach one all > there is to know about GNU/Linux, it's not exactly something to bestow > upon a newbie. ;-) > There was "LInux Slackware for Dummies" a decade ago. A distinction needs to be made between "no Linux experience" and "no real computer experience whatsoever". I went with Slackware back in 2001, I had no real experience with Unix or Linux, I had no problem. But I'd also had computers since 1979, and no experience with MS Windows. > Slackware doesn't do any dependency handling, and by consequence, the OP > might find himself in the equivalent of what's called "DLL Hell" in > Microsoft Windows - which is what I suspect him to be coming from. ;-) > He certainly couldn't watch his DVds on the computer. Michael
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Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-06-30 20:27 -0700
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 11:22 +0300
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-07-02 08:03 -0700
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-07-02 09:23 -0700
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-07-02 13:10 -0400
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? Antti Talsta <atalsta@gmail.com> - 2013-07-03 20:10 +0300
Re: Best Linux flavor and version number for an old PC with either a Pentium 3 or 4 in it? ddwr@hotmail.com - 2013-08-04 08:57 -0700
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