[Linux-Discussion] Re: 128 meg drive
- From: John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:19:58 -0500
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 22:17, you wrote:
> In a message dated 6/19/01 10:23:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> landerso@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << All this about Linux having less software available than
> windows is a laughable and flagrant falsehood. >>
>
> All that talk about using linux on an old 486 is a falsehood too. A 486
> did not come w/a drive large enough to hold any current version of
> Linux. I have a bunch of old machines...none of which I can use cause
> Linux is so BIG :-)
Eh-hehm. 486's rock.
Now, if you're wanting to run X and Netscape and all sorts of user-level
crud, then yeah, a 486 can't handle it (unless you've got a lot of RAM,
maybe), but I've run a lot of boxes on 486's, and they do quite well for a
lot of stuff.
FreeLists started on a 486, but the motherboard would only support 20 megs
of RAM. I finally got a grip and realized that processing thousands of
emails at once won't happen on 20 megs, and upgraded a bit. But that 486
rocked for little stuff. :)
John
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