On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 05:14:53AM -0500, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 17:10 -0700, Clint Pachl wrote:
> > The only thing I would use that 486 for would be an X client, with a
> > good graphics card, a router, or as a command line tinkering system.
>
> Yes, a 486 is still plenty of system for use as a router, assuming the
> right networking hardware is available for it. Heck, I miss my old
> Pentium 100 I was using as a router (well, sort of).
>
It also works just fine as:
firewall for dial-up
print server with apsfilter
home mail server,
Wordprocessor with vim + LaTex
Python development (non-GUI)
light browsing with lynx and links/elinks
small-data-set postgresql (home use)
and anything else for home use _except_ for running X-apps locally
(other than gv or something for previewing documents before printing).
The only things I cannot do comfortably on the 486:
Surf the web with firefox/konqueror
watch movies
Doesn't have a great sound card so not the best music box
graphical spreadsheet
Install Debian (need to do a drive-shuffle from another box)
patch BSD
Run Debian (since they admit that they link to many libraries not
required for normal use, slowing the execs and increasing memory
useage).
Doug.
