Our local school board uses linux workstations throughout the region, and they have no problems with running IceWM on 486-66, with 16mb, of RAM. As a matter of interest, the tech there showed us 2 identical computers, 1 with Win95, and 1 with linux+IceWM. He started them at the same time, and the linux machine was up and had apps open faster that the windoze machine.
Praedor wrote: > Your system is really lacking. You can install and run linux on a simple/old > system but not with all the bells and whistles. You can install it on a 386 > with 48MB Ram but you certainly couldn't use kde or gnome. > > The more "minimal" a system, the more simple a window manager you can use. > KDE needs and uses a lot of system resource. Blackbox or windomaker would be > viable alternatives that would work well on the system you describe. If you > just MUST have kde installed, then first, expect slowness (48 MB ram), it is > a huge bunch of interconnected parts and apps - an environment, not just a > window manager. Same goes for Gnome. Both are for more capable modern > systems. There are simpler and smaller alternatives that would make your > system fully useable.
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