Shourya Sarcar wrote:
> It was on Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Alok Dugar typed in this..
>
> >*>I have mentioned earlier also that overchampioning of linux is dangerous for
> >*>linux. their are graphical browsers available which work on dos (286
>
> I think this is sensible. That way we can atleast get the CPU's to work
> rather than them remaining as dumb terminals.
Standard config for the 286s would probably be like i286, 1 MB RAM, 20 Meg HDD,
1.2 MB FDD, CGA (?) ... so base your calculations on that.... come on, even a
router these days often uses a 386 CPU *grins*
> However, this is for 286s
> only. We _could_ remould the 386 into Linux , maybe get them on with
> bare minimum X and WMs,
I would be surprised if those 386s have even 8 MB of RAM apiece.... My experience
of trying X on 486 DX4/100 with 8MB RAM was... well ...trying ;)
Moreover a move like that might be counter-productive. If if you want to impress a
bunch of youngsters brought up on a diet of W9x & W2K as to how a GUI should be,
you have to do better than that!
> And no, I wouldn't recco building Beowulves with 386s ;)
Stop crying "wolf" for god's sake!!! ;)
> To drive it a step further, I propose a monthly malloc of Rs 10 /- for
> students and Rs 25/= for employed/self employed individuals.
This is basically the same suggestion which had been placed before the LUG few
months back, only now its spread out on a monthly basis.... so how about working
out a method of collection of this amount every month from the members? Do you
mean this amount is monthly subscription or is it voluntary contribution???
Besides, although I was the original culprit behind the idea... maybe it would be
more sensible to have a flat rate of subscription for all members. If people
figure the 300/- annual is too much, then let me remind that ILUG-BLR charges
between 50 - 70 rupees per member, per meeting. So an amount of 300/- shouldn't
look like too high an amount....
--Indra.
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