This one time, at band camp, Thompson-Laurin, Harriet said: > Hi, > > I am a systems analyst taking a course at the University of Phoenix on > Unix. My teacher has assigned a project in which I need to obtain > specific information about Debian. Although I searched your website, > I wasn't able to find out if Debian runs on Pentium 4's. > > Specifically, I am to find information regarding Debian regarding: > Cost None for the software or help, you might have to count the cost of your bandwidth or physical media (CDs etc), though. > Market share I dunno - check the linux counter website for some guesstimates > Hardware requirements There are lists of hardware that linux supports - I suggest google and the words "linux hardware howto". They may be a couple of years out of date, though. > File Processing ? > Programming capabilities I can't think of a programming language that can't be used on Debian - there are probably some closed-shop languages around that I don't know, though. You have to bear in mind that linux has it's roots in the programmer/hacker world, so there are plenty available. There's a running joke that Windows comes with freecell, while linux comes with a compiler :) > Availability of application software greater than 10,000 packages, all free, and installed and configured quite easily. > User interface Choice between any of several gui's and the traditional *nix-like CLI
> I was able to find on your site that Debian works with the older > Pentiums, but no reference to Pentium 4, so that is my primary > concern. In this college case study, would the Pentium 4's need to be > downgraded to Pentium 3's in order to run Debian? It runs on P-4's just fine. Take a look at linux.org for the kinds of hardware linux has been known to run on. Also www.debian.org/ports for the computer architecture debian has been ported to. > Of course, any other information would be helpful. It does appear > that there are quite a number of available application packages for > Debian, from the website. I gather than the Unix/Linux/Debian > marketshare in total is estimated at 5%, but I also need to obtain > marketshare for just Debian by itself. Again, the linux counter site will be helpful. As will google. I don't mean to be rude, but google is immensely helpful for all of these sort of questions. Linux is probably the most-documented OS on-line - not all of it is well written, or up to date, but there is a discussion about linux and almost any topic you can think of, from desktop gaming to Server farms to pornography. HTH, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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