A PII 266 with 32MB of RAM is fine if you aren't running X. Are you going to the meeting tomorrow night?
At 09:42 PM 3/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >I have been using Windows for many years and now want to try an open >source OS. I have an old HP Vectra (I think) in the back with a PII 266 >and 32 (I think, or it might be 24) MB of ram (don't know what type). I >recently saw a feature on TechTV about FreeBSD, and am thinking of >installing that instead of Linux. I have tried running Mandrake, but it >is very slow on the system and often crashes. I also am thinking of >running a web server (I am on Cox cable internet, but someone said that >they can't detect Linux.) I am also considering Vector Linux since it is >supposed to run on systems with limited resources. Any suggestions are >greatly needed and appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Steven P. > >Attached is a comparison chart of Linux and FreeBSD that I have found at >TechTV. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
