On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:44:12 +0000, Steven wrote: >Per Backman wrote: >- >PB-> A practical minimum for running FreeBSD with X on a PC is >PB-> 80486DX/2-66, 16Mb RAM, 2Mb SVGA-card and 200Mb Harddiskspace. >- >SD-> If this is true, then FreeBSD is less suitable for a survPC >SD-> than Linux. My 486DX33, 8Mb RAM, 1Mb SVGA-card and 80Mb >SD-> Harddiskspace happily runs X under Linux. >- >PB-> The practical minimum is probably what I have quoted, the >PB-> absolute minimum is different, > >I wasn't talking "absolute minimum". My 486dx33 is running a >"practical" X system. It even runs Netscape (bloated pig) at >an acceptable speed. > >PB-> and to get the most out of it I would recommend at least >PB-> a lot more of harddisk space. > >Linux + swap + X + wm + Netscape all fit on my 80meg HDD. >Why would I need a lot more? Well, if you find something interesting on the internet, where do you store it? Personnally I found a lot of soviet jazz (1929-48), it takes up a lot of space, I gather all information I can find about European film comedies from the same time etc. etc. I do not use a SurvPC for this, but anyway, it is not hard to fill up a hard disk. > >PB-> It is not really worth buying any of the Linux or BSD >PB-> distributions > >Linux is not expensive. CDs are available for $2 or it can be >downloaded for free. This is not so in Europe, there are phonebills to pay. There is no difference in the price between Linux and FreeBSD but the manual that can be bought with FreeBSD is very good. > >PB-> for other SurvPC's than the newer ones, > >CLI Linux is an excellent option for old 386s (with 8meg RAM). >They make excellent servers, routers, firewalls, Xterms, etc. > >SD-> a couple of two-floppy distributions come with X included >PB-> I think I have missed them, where? > >There's muLinux (which I have used) and one called Xdenu >(or something like that). > I will take a look at them as soon as I have solved some of the problems I have upgraded to. I just bought a new motherboard and processor to my main computer, no problems in DOS, but the rest of the systems give me some headache. Per B. ************************************************************ The PHOTO&NATURIST page; In English, auf deutsch, po polsku; http://hem.fyristorg.com/pbackman/ ICQ UIN; 40714141 ************************************************************ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
