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| Chsrs |
 Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:47 am |
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:03:17 +0800, "Tsun Szu" <bentay@streamyx.com>
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Quote: I am changing my OS for my 15 networked PCs in my office from Windows to
Linux. I have already installed 5 PCs with RH9.0 in the Celeron PCs. They
are running fine although a bit slower than when they were running Win98se.
First, what's slower ? Starting up, Running specific tasks or .. ?? A
definition of that would be good and allow also targeted answers.
Anyway do a custom install, ripping out everything you don't need.
Don't install RH9.0 but go for debian, like someone already previously
suggested by: de Palo Andrea Very good choice....
Quote: They can all access the Internet by way of a router-modem D-Link DSL-500G. I
have 10 PCs which are Celeron 700mhz with 256megs and 5PCs which are
Pentium2s with 64megs. It is the Pentium2s which are troubling me. Which
older version of Linux distros would be suitable to be installed in these
Pentium2s.
Never install old-versions of GNU/Linux operating systems. The reason
why they evolve is because many people can fix things, hence open
source !
Quote: Will the old Mandrake 6.0 be suitable? I suppose RH9.0 will not
run in these Pentium2s, or am I wrong about this? The main objective is that
all 15PC must be networked and be able to access the internet by way of the
router-modem.
I have a 486DX with no harddisk and no fan in the closest as a DSL
router. Linux distro is on a FDD. It's running for 3 years continuesly
without any problem whatsoever..
I had roughly the same problem a couple of years back. From spare
parts I managed to put together 2 FAT machines which serve as an
X-server and the other as a file/mount/samba server.
That way I could keep my PI's and PII's as Clients, and easy to
maintain since everything is centralized..
In your case you don't even had to deinstall the Wintendo's if you
managed to build one decent X-server. All others could function as
plain X-clients .. Enough wintendo software for that floating
around..
For you there is also the question of maintainability.. If you are
running several different os's then you also need to manage them..
That way.. Go for one, maybe two different distro's but definatly not
more.. Better do 1 thing good, then 2 things half..
Personaly my network is a mix of OpenBSD en Debian Gnu/Linux..
GoodlUck.. |
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| Bill Marcum |
| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:46 pm |
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:02:49 GMT, Jim Dell
<James.Dell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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Besides Linux what else do you need to run and in what mode?
Accessing the Internet is easy but with what? A browser like Firefox or
the regular command line Linux utilities.
You could use a browser like Elinks or Dillo, if you don't need to
access web sites that require Javascript or Flash.
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"Irrationality is the square root of all evil"
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| DiN |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:19 pm |
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| de Palo Andrea |
| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:36 pm |
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:19:03 -0500, DiN or one of his clones wrote:
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have you looked into ubuntu ?
www.ubuntulinux.org
It runs pretty light, and imo you should run anything but redhat heh.
Ubuntu min.spec. is a pentium 450mhz with enough ram. It's useless to run
GNOME on such machines. XFCE4 runs better and smoothly.
Best regards, Andrea.
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de Palo Andrea - thrillseeka
Using Pan: A newsreader for GNOME |
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| Trent Buck |
| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:39 am |
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Spake de Palo Andrea:
Quote: have you looked into Ubuntu?
Ubuntu min.spec. is a pentium 450mhz with enough ram. It's useless to run
GNOME on such machines. XFCE4 runs better and smoothly.
To me, Ubuntu is basically an simple way to install Debian. Yes, it runs
GNOME by default, but that can be changed with a few apt-gets.
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Trent Buck, Student Errant
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if
you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer.
-- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 |
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