On Thursday 07 April 2005 23:14, Tim wrote: > Hello all, > > > Please forgive this basic question, I couldn't find the minimum > requirements for MD 10.1 anywhere. the worst part is I'm actually > running 10.1 on this pc. > > Also, > > Where can i find earlier versions of Mandrake Linux suitable to work on > a Pentium 233 with 80 MB ram. > > Its for my mother, who wants to "have a go on the Internet", I set her > up with my old pc as above running XP but its infected with spy ware > after only 2 days from a clean install, Mum forgot to start zonealarm > before she went online. > > Tim
Well my laptop is running 10.1 on a 233MHz Pentium I with 96MB of RAM, and it still runs (very slowly) if I set the RAM to 32MB. KDE is very slow, but IceWM or other lightweight window managers work acceptably. You would have to pick your applications carefully. Avoid any KDE app. I find good apps to use are Opera - browser (Faster than Firefox on a low end machine) Sylpheed - email client (although the email client built into Opera is also OK) Rox - file manager xmms - media player abiword - word processor (forget OpenOffice on this spec) You will need to select the kernel-i586-up-1GB kernel on a Pentium I. It will not boot with the standard kernel. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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