> > I am new to the list and am investigating some options for configuring our > publically accessible PCs. Through various upgrades and other developments > we are also assembling a growing base of 486DX stations with 16 MB RAM. One > option we are exploring is to use debian on these units. Linux has > smaller requirements than windows and might make it possible to get some > additional mileage out of this equipment. > > Has anyone put together a minimally configured and locked-down system with > debian ? I am running a graphical java application and some x-windows > applications.
If by minimal you mean 486DX with 16 MB RAM, I am running a AMD486DX4 100 MHz system at home and it does work nicely with X11. I compile stuff, program, edit, use TeX and XFig with it. If you want to do heavy computational stuff or graphics manipulation, it is a bit slow though. Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null