[ale] Still no flames... :-) (re: PDF & distro hunting)

[Joe Knapka]

Paul Boren <pmboren at gmail.com> writes:

> On 24 Aug 2005 23:25:31 -0600, Joe Knapka <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> > I'm pretty impressed with the free version of Xandros
> > <http://www.xandros.com>. I mostly use Slack and Fedora,
> > but I've been playing with Xandros on a spare box, and
> > I think I'm going to convert my wife's machine to Xandros.
> > 
> > -- Joe Knapka
> 
> I'd only recommend Xandros where easy installation and windows
> compatibility were high priorities.  As for older hardware, you can
> forget about it.  It worked for me on a desktop with a AMD 750 MHz
> processor.  It would not install on a notebook having a P-III 500 MHz.

Wow, really? I'm running it on a desktop P2/450MHz with 384MB RAM.
I wonder if limited memory was what caused your problem?

-- Joe