Small Distro Question

[Robert Dege]

The best thing about M$ is that as more people request more powerful
machines to run Win2000 with Office 2k, I keep seizing their old machines
& turn them into linux servers :)

Hell, people can't believe there desktop PC's (some p3 866MHz machines)
are more powerful then our mailserver (450MHz K6-2) or our firewall
(p-60).

-Rob

Heh -- i've always wanted to do a 486 Seti farm >:)

> I'll give that a shot.
> I assured my boss that the 486s still had life in them...now I just have to
> prove it!
> Thanks muchly,
> Jonathan.
>
> At 04:37 PM 6/6/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I think it would depend upon your linux experience, not just HD space.  I
> >would suggest sticking with Redhat/Mandrake, since rpm's make software
> >installs much easier.
> >
> >To conserve space, don't bother installing any of the GUI apps (xwindows,
> >gnome, kde, etc.).  If you're REALLY worried about space, you can always
> >make a Linux bootdisk & then use the 500MB for swap, DNS tables, and
> >openssh software.  But I think 500 should be plenty for a distro install
> >:)
> >
> >-Rob
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > My name is Jonathan, and I've been lurking on the list for a little while
> > > now.  I've been using Linux for about a year, mostly in a library
> > > environment (money's tight for libraries these days).
> > > We're looking into setting up a bare-bones DNS server as a fail-over for
> > > the library's main ones housed in the school's IT department.  It would
> > > only run the DNS software and SSH.
> > > We've got some old 486s that have 500mb HDDs and 16mb RAM.
> > > My question:
> > > Are there any distros that anyone would recommend for something like this?
> > > I've played with Slackware, but I've heard of some smaller
> > > distributions.  Does anyone have a favourite?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jonathan.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dege
> >
> >So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
> >.... If They Weren't Happening To Me
>
>



Dege

So Many Things in Life Would Be Really Funny
.... If They Weren't Happening To Me