*nix on "classic" systems

[Chris M]

Jim MacKenzie <jim at photojim.ca> 	

>You can still run Debian sarge (the second-last
version; it was the most
>current release until a few days ago) with a 2.2.20
>kernel.  Even with a
>2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel it isn't that bloated.  It runs
>fine on my 486sx25
>with 32 MB of RAM, and would run okay with 16MB.

>I've always felt the BSD distributions are better if
you want something
>really bare and basic, though.

>Jim

 I really don't think it's realistic to operate a
modern computer w/a non-windowed environment these
days. Many will disagree, and that's their
prerogative, someone said something about eye-candy,
but I think it comes down to cheating yourself of
functionality. Additional resources are necessary of
course, and if you're talking about a 486, you're
going to want to trim as much as possible (you can't
tell me Debian w/a gui will run on one). What most
impressed me (and the diehards will call this all
opinion) with the Unix boxes I had seen in the
early-mid 90s was their ability to do windows, and do
them right. 
 Not for anything (man I hate that expression) but
hasn't the version following sarge been out for 6+
months, and UIM it was based on the 2.6 kernel?
Thought I even had it on DVD somewhere.

 



       
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