[ale] linux for an old compaq

[Jeff Hubbs]

Here's what I'm finding:

*Processor*

*Vendor*

	

*Model*

	

*Speed:*

	

*Cache*

AMD

	

K6-2

	

380 MHz

	

64 K

*Memory*

*System Memory*

	

*Expansion Board*

	

*Total Memory*

*Standard*

	

*Optional*

	

64 MB

	

128 MB

	

192 MB

*Hard Drive*

*Vendor*

	

*Model*

	

*Size*

	

*Buffer*

	

*Speed*

	

*Interface*

Hitachi

	

DK228A-65

	

6.4 GB

	

512 KB

	

4200 RPM

	

ATA4 (Ultra DMA 2)



As long as all the hardware is still supported in the kernel, this *can* 
run Gentoo with contemporary everything but there will be pain with all 
but the most lightweight UIs.  Distcc (cross-compiling for i586) with 
localhost out of the node list would be nice; building on another system 
would be especially nice.  Warning, warning, danger, danger:  there are 
points in "emerge gcc" that have a big RAM footprint; if you ever hope 
to do that on the laptop itself, it will need a gig of swap and it will 
take a long, long time.

Having said all this, this looks attractive as a thin client and little 
else! :)



On 6/23/11 9:00 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>> Sister-in-law has a compaq Presario 1675.  Anybody know of a *nix that
>> will install a gui onto this old box?  Lubuntu and F15 both will not
>> (Kernel does not support the hardware from boot up).
> How much memory.
>
> I'd try Slack.
>
>>
>>
>>
>

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