On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:05:56AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have donated my old 386 with 8MB/260MB Color Monitor to a > local Deaf & Dumb Charity Orgz. >
Indeed a noble thought ~Pat ... well done. > Presently they are using it for Win/3.1 , PaintBrush, Typing > Tutor, and Games etc.It is the only PC with them.I have also > arranged for an 100 Hrs net access.I want the kids to have a > net experience & Enjoy a liitle bit ! > On this set up, the easiest would be to add in Netscape Gold or IE-3, if you still have some old 3.1 software lying around. I suppose, the kids would not be having any mailing require- ments. > > Now since Win95/98 cannot be used on this oldie, hence only > option is to use Linux. > Not a bad idea putting Linux, but you need to set it up so that the poor kids can get cracking without any hassles. Would need a fair amount of customisation, and keeping sysadmining efforts to a minimum. > > I am thinking of using Potato, which some claims, can be > cramped in below 150 MBs with all the bells-n-whistles of > email client/ browser etc. > How much is the hard disk space ? This is the crucial thing. My first Linux box was a 386 with 8mb ram and a half gig HDD after upgrade. I could access net with netscape, and TkMail for mail, besides fetchmail, pine and sendmail. It was a DOS/ Linux dual boot and the Linux partitions were 200 mb (inclusive of swap). DOS/ Win 3.1 was the other 300 mb. I dual booted with Loadlin. The last Linux OS I ran on it was Slack 3.6 (kernel 2.0.xx). Subsequently the box was cannabolised for domestic R&D :-( Don't know about Potato but Slink (kernel 2.0.36) will surely run on it. > > What should be the combination on such configuration so that, > the kids can enjoy the net access without feeling the pinch > of slow speed ? > Just base system with only syslogd, klogd and sendmail daemons. Keep the system as simple as possible so that the kiddos need not even remember passwords. Just create users like tom, dick and harry and disable passwords with passwd -d <username>. You definitely need X server running with fvwm2 or any other light weight WM. Dail net with wvdial and maybe netscape or opera for web access. Does it have sound ? Then fix as many "X" and svga based games as possible (with sound). > > Has any-body actually configured & used such an oldie for > browsing the net ? > Yes, as stated above.I could access net through Win 3.11 using IE-3 as well as Linux. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Tips & Tricks for newbies LOST #038 Have a look at some excellent articles & newbie tips in the archives at : http://www.linux-mag.com/ ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
