[NTLUG:Discuss] linux & 100 Mhz Pentium

[Chris Cox]

Tom Tumelty wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Does anyone know if a recent linux release such as redhat 9, or 8, or slackware 9, or 8.x  will run on a 100 Mhz pentium ?  if so will it be fast enough to do anything?,,,,,i am thinking it might need to be a very scaled down, minimal system......
>  

Sure.  Main issue is memory.  Need to have at least 64M nowadays (but with slack you can
get by with much less).

Avoid gnome/kde and if you can avoid X11.  If you have to use X11, use something
lighter weight like IceWM (if you like a full-tilt window manager that's light
weight)... obviously there are other light weight wm choices as well.