On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Tango Echo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > I would recommend XFCE4, it's easy to install, > > thanks to Todd Slater > > there are RPMs on the site, and is extremely light, > > should run fine on > > those machines, I know it did on my P233 with > > similar memory. > > I've always thought IceWM to be one of the lightest > WMs. There probably isn't a way to weigh these > things, but you find XFCE4 to be faster?? Not comparing, just speaking from experience. That Compaq I had a while back ran XFCE4 with no indications of sluggish behaviour. > > If it is possible, I might recommend picking up some > > additional RAM, > > SDRAM for those boxes is cheaper than duck shit > > right now, you can pick > > up a 128MB stick for about 20 or 30 dollars. > > > > It's at around $15 on pricewatch... =) Gotta love > inexpensive RAM! I've thought about purchasing a > faster processor (400-500Mhz?) since they are quite > cheap too. However, then the mobo and disks could > probably use an upgrade as well. The ideal situation > would be to get these things functional w/out any > additional purchases or hardware changes. Well, again, in my experience, RAM makes a *huge* difference in performance. That old Compaq I mentioned? It has 192 MB of SDRAM in it and it is now running Win2K full bore, no problems at all. No need for better proc or drives, the RAM will boost perf enough. > > > If not, what do you suggst I do for these systems? > > I > > > still have the MDK 8.2 disks, but Mandrake dropped > > > support for this version - this could lead to a > > > comprimised system. > > > > I would even suggest grabbing the latest 9.2 > > release, there have been > > some enhancements and fixes that are fairly > > significant. > > This is where you got me... It almost sounds that > you're saying 9.2 is not any more (if not less) > recsource intensive then 8.2. It may seem to be a > windows mentality, but I would think common sense > would dictate that more advanced software requires > more advanced hardware. What's the case here? I'm currently running 9.1 on a P166, again with "extra" RAM, I believe 128MB, maybe 192, and it runs fine. It's using Pekwm, which is *very* light, but otherwise, it handles everything I throw at it. It's my webserver, MLDonkey client, mail server, etc. Of course it doesn't do as well as a P200 would, but it would be just fine as a basic workstation, as long as the GUI was kept light. I don't see why 9.2 would be any different, and if he's not going to be running as many services, like Postfix, Apache, etc., then it should be just fine. -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When the speaker and he to whom he is speaks do not understand, that is metaphysics. -- Voltaire
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