On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 11:51:52AM +0800, ed wrote: > > > > i'm recently thinking of migrating all the > > workstations in a school computer laboratory to > > linux... the specs of the comps are 500mhz celeron, 64 > > mb ram... 8 gig harddrive. i've tried mdk.. suse... > > lycoris... redhat.. even slackware.. but they all > > crawl in the comps.. kahit yung simple lang na window > > manager ang gamit ko. are there anymore distro's you > > people could suggest for such slow computers?? >
Debian 3.0 (of course, I'm biased! ;) But seriously, since you're gonna run linux on those old machines, I suggest Debian because of its kick-ass debs and rock solid reliability. True, the newer distros tend to be bloatware, but in the case of recycling old hardware, the oldies still rule. Also, it would be helpful if you could get a newer 2.6 kernel as I hear they're very, very good on those luggers (even better off than 2.4)... but of course, I wouldn't compile that in one of those machines, better cross-compile... > > In your case regardless of the distro, choosing an approriate wm is more > important. Windowmaker is a good choice but if you require more features > Xfce4 would suffice. Stay away from pixmap themes if you plan to add a bit > of eyecandy. > Compiling a custom kernel for your machines without modules and configured > specifically to your specs will reduce bloat and speed up booting. > Turning off unused services will help too. > good luck :D > Amen to that! WindowMaker's a good choice, so is Xfce4... Cheers, Zakame -- |=-------------ZAK B. ELEP (Registered Linux User #327585)-------------=| || Web: http://zakame.spunge.org GPG ID: 0xFA53851D || || http://zakame.homelinux.org ICQ UIN: 33236644 || || Location: Daet, Camarines Norte Running Linux 2.6 || |=----------1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D----------=| Debian - When you've got better things to do than to fix a borken system -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
