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  Re: Very old hardware... Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2020-07-03 19:50 +0200
    Re: Very old hardware... Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-07-04 04:10 +0200
      Re: Very old hardware... Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200
        Re: Very old hardware... David <david@lh-heath.co.uk> - 2020-07-05 11:10 +0200

#224322 — Re: Very old hardware...

Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well.  I don't
recommend gnome.
On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, Davide Lombardo wrote:

> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:17:33
> From: Davide Lombardo <careless@live.it>
> To: Debian-user List Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Very old hardware...
>
> Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs:
> CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz;
> DRAM: 64 MB SDDR
> GPU: RIVA TNT-2
> HARDISK: 10 GB
> FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
> MODEM 56K
> In the receipt is written 3,000 Lire (1,500) Euro of today...
> Do you think I can install something different than the already installed
> WIN98 system ?

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On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:49 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:

> Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well.  I don't
> recommend gnome.
>

+1

Funny story:  A few years ago, I installed a Text-only Minimal Ubuntu
system and then made one of the worst single commands in my career:
"apt-get install gnome".  What made it so bad was that, based on the
sequence of previous commands, the fact that it was Ubuntu, and my Install
Options, I ended up with Gnome Files for every Locale in the World!  It
took a while to clean this up!


> On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, Davide Lombardo wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:17:33
> > From: Davide Lombardo <careless@live.it>
> > To: Debian-user List Debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Subject: Very old hardware...
> >
> > Good evening Debian User, I have found an old PC with these specs:
> > CPU: Pentium III 700 Mhz;
> > DRAM: 64 MB SDDR
> > GPU: RIVA TNT-2
> > HARDISK: 10 GB
> > FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
> > MODEM 56K
> > In the receipt is written 3,000 Lire (1,500) Euro of today...
> > Do you think I can install something different than the already installed
> > WIN98 system ?
>

Brings back memories.  That was the last one I could bring up, in command
mode, with the command "win" bringing up the Windows Infrastructure.  I
tried to do that with Windows ME and was never successful.

Suggestion:  Don't throw anything away:  I think there are YouTube Videos,
about running Linux on Floppy Disks.

Kenneth Parker

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#224380

On 4/7/20 12:08 pm, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:49 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com 
> <mailto:jdashiel@panix.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well.  I don't
>     recommend gnome.
> 
> 
> +1

+1 more


I'm just note sure that 64M ram is going to cut it.


I saw that you have a DVD, so try a couple of live .iso and see how they go.





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keithrbau@gmail.com

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#224387

On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 16:33 +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote:
> On 4/7/20 12:08 pm, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 1:49 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com 
> > <mailto:jdashiel@panix.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Debian with xfce or mate or cinnamon may install and run well. 
> > I don't
> >     recommend gnome.
> > 
> > 
> > +1
> 
> +1 more
> 
> 
> I'm just note sure that 64M ram is going to cut it.
> 
> 
> I saw that you have a DVD, so try a couple of live .iso and see how
> they go.
> 
> 
Morning List,

I'd try Devuan on this old hardware, works well for me on old thin
clients.

David.

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