hmm. debian runs on just about anything, you should probably check all the distribution websites for miscelaneous hardware compatability... about X11/XFree86, if you're worried about speed and such, KDE runs crisp and fast on a g3/400 with 384MB ram and XFree86 4.1. If you're really concerned with space and what not, and don't require a desktop file browser (like what KDE and GNOME have), wmaker would be a good choice. for all intent and testing purposes, JDK 1.3 is fine, it's what I use. (mostly due to the fact that it works and I have no other options) and the JDK1.1 is not a really good choice, in my opinion. it's noticable slower, thus why the "java is slow" myth got started.
Thomas Cowdery wrote: > I want to set up a Linux box to test Java apps/applets (and to learn a > little about Linux). As the subject implies, I'm a newbie to Linux. I > started by reading some FAQ's about hardware questions, but they > always approach the problem from the opposite direction that I'm > coming from. I don't want to know if a given version will run on my > machine. Having already checked out the boxed versions of Red Hat, > SuSe, and Mandrake, I realize that the latest-greatest isn't likely to > work satisfactorily on my hardware. > > Instead, I'd like some opinions on what version of any Linux distro > WOULD run reasonably well on the hardware that I have, and what > version of Java might be available for that version of Linux. > > What I have to work on is an older (AMD) 233 Mhz machine with 64 MB of > memory and a hard drive with about 2 GB free. I can free up more HD > space if I need to. > > Since I need to test apps/applets with GUI interfaces, I am assuming > that I must have X Windows. I'd probably want a desktop environment > like KDE or Gnome so I can easily run Netscape (and/or other > browsers). I obviously have to have some version of Java, but I can > even limit myself to v 1.1.x if I have to. I probably won't do much > actual development on this machine - most of the time I'll be testing > stuff developed elsewhere - but I'll probably want the JDK anyway so I > have the option to make changes if I need to. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thomas W. Cowdery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------ > We have met the enemy, and he is us. > Walt Kelley's Pogo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > <http://www.excite.com/?PG=Email&SEC=Signature>* > The most personalized portal on the Web! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
