Hi > >> Dear Sydney Linux, > >> I am a member of a small computer club and we have some computers which > >> need operating systems. The memory is 32MB so the installation must be > >> small. I cannot understand why most of the Linux systems need so much > >> memory. I have an old Win3.1 which runs Microsoft Word with Exel and > >> Powerpoint plus other programs and runs well with 4MB. > >> Is a Linux core the basic program which would allow small programs to > >> be installed? > > > Ray, > There is an older distribution of Linux called "Corel Linux ". I have > version 1.2 somewhere abouts. It will setup and run perfectly well in > machines from 10 or so years ago. It will happily run Wordperfect Office > Millenium edition for Linux which you can still find at some markets. > That should do the job for you. There are also some other versions > available that should do the job you want but Corel is the easiest > distribution to set up that I have ever used.
Everyone's opinion is correct. I don't agree with the above sentiment: Get Fedora Core, or SuSE. Install a lightweight window manager like icewm. The system will work just fine (with 32M). I don't want my system compromised by a few $$ ram. Thank hevens the developers share that sentiment. So you who want to play with 32M ram can and are free to do so. The rest of us can spend 1 hours work to buy oodles of ram, and not spend many hours of lost productivity waiting for slow computers. Do not try to run kde or gnome with 32M, you will wait for ever! Don't wast your time playing with old distros. That is a very unproductive avenue, and serves your club not-at-all. James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
