> Don't forget the sound...
>
> MP3 are really a must now !
>
Sound ? I have not used sound on my computer for 2 months.
Last time was to lisiten to the civ demo movie.
As for MP3's and schools I don't know many labs where
it would be a good thing to be playing songs. Besides,
MP3's can be ilegal due to being copyrighted. Don't
think many schools do the warez , MP3's . Seams you see
lots of $$ goto to MS.
> Simply, a 486 is NOT fast enough to play MP3 !
> The decompression need faster cpu.
What I was suggesting is not running the program on the 486 but
running the programs on a central server and displaying them on
486 machines.
to do this, get on your 486, start up X
type xhost ipof computer to start app on
telnet to the ip login
export DISPLAY=ip of 486:0
netscape
etc
I don't even have another wm other then twm installed on my
486 so I runn fvwm2 right from the command line. For all things
it is not much slower then the penitum right beside it.
Charles Verge
>
> If you make a Linux demo, to end-user, with a Window manager, I'm sure that
> somebody will ask "And what about sound ? CD and MP3 ?"
> Of course, no problem with CD, but.. MP3 !
>
> I think the minimum to work correctly with a Window manager and sound, even
> with Linux, is a Pentium 120 (or AMD or Cyrix) with 32 Mb !
>
> Yes, in text mode... but who will switch to Linux, to stay in text mode only
> ?
>
> Don't confuse people... Don't say that you can run Linux on a 486, or 386
> with 16Mb... exactly like Windows on a P200 with 64 Mb !!!
>
> Yes, Linux is great, and faster than Window$...
> ... but a minimum hardware is needed if we want new Linux users HAPPY !
>
> For school, it can be different! They don't play MP3 at school... but for
> home use...
>
> Didier
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 12:03 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [linuxdemo] old hardware with new.
> >
> >
> > It is silly to expect to run a wm like gnome on a 486.
> > wordperfect and netscape 3.04 runs great on the 486
> > with 16 megs of ram and not swap. (I was really short on disk space
> > 6 megs free now)
> >
> > Remeber this is for schools, where some places would be lucky
> > to have a pentuim. Let alone a P II.
> >
> > Then again for my uses I don't find a 486 good enough for
> > a web server for me.
> >
> > But think about it, if you had to use a 486 DX 66 with 16 megs
> > ram 200 meg hd. Which would you chose a windows 95 / 98
> > or linux running as a X termial?
> >
> > I have tried Corel wp7 for windows and netscape 3.04 on this
> > config. And it REALLY sucks. Where as running it off another computer
> > is ALOT faster.
> >
> >
> > > I wouldn't be very happy using it as my primary machine. Could be that
> > > I'm spoiled with running Gnome / E on a PII-450. ;)
> > >
> > > However, using that same 486 machine as web server would be fine.
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Champion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Software Engineer http://www.visionary.com/
> > > Visionary Systems Ltd. http://pop.visionary.com/~dave/
> >
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