Claus Atzenbeck wrote:
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Does Mandrake 7.0-2 (Air) work on an Intel 486 computer?
Yes, but you have to use the 486 specific CD. You can download the ISO
image nearly everywhere you could find a normal Mandrake ISO image.
For instance :
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/ISO/Mandrake/mandrake70-2.i486.iso
>
> 2) My girlfriend needs a computer just to type essays and read
> mail. Would be a 486 enough to do this using X? (I would set up a
> network to my Pentium III -- also running Mandrake -- that she
> could use the programs on this faster computer.)
>
> My concern is about using X on a 486 with (lets say) 16 MB RAM.
It will work, but no need to say that 32 (or 64) MB would GREATLY
improve performances.
HTH
Flupke
