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Re: minimum specs

To: computerbank@lists.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: minimum specs
From: Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 17:01:27 +1100
Delivery-Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 01:02:28 -0500
In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 02 Jan 2000 11:32:38 +1000. <20000102113238.A547@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ken@nlc.net.au (Ken Yap)
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>Just wondering about minimum specs for reasonable websurfing type
>machines, needs to be able to run X (probably fvwm) and netscape4.

Frpm experience about a 486 DX2/66 with 16 MB for X and 32 MB if Netscape
is also desired. Memory is more important than processor speed.

>Also what distro is best suited to low mem and storage machines,
>I think I remember that debian has one of the more lean installs.=20

Yes, I have installed Debian 2.0 in as little as 120 MB disk space. But
that was without X.
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