Re: [ossig] Fedora Core 3 Released!

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 10:13 -0800, Kelvin Yap wrote:
> anyone has experience using the FC3 XFCE lightweight
> desktop environment on low end machine ?? such as
> 486-100MHz, Pentium-166MHz, 16MB RAM ??

No. With 16MB of RAM, the X Server won't even start (and I think this is
true for a lot of distributions out there). X usually requires ~24MB of
RAM

FC3 runs, not "fine", but okay, on a Pentium Pro 180Mhz, with 64MB of
RAM. You have to use the text mode installer

FWIW, the installer most likely doesn't even boot with less than 64MB of
RAM - there is a magic number, and its usually above 48MB or so ;)

> if the performance is not too bad, maybe next time if
> i got some old PC from friends, i can install FC &
> donate them to poor primary schools...

They won't be pleased, no, they won't be pleased

Try VectorLinux, something Slackware based. I think that runs on
machines w/16mb of RAM. While its nowhere near pretty, it will serve its
purpose in brining up X. Will it run apps? ;-)
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi


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