Re: Linux start-up queries

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From: Russell Coker
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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In <343ebcd6.63108@news.melbpc.org.au>, gp@bep.com.au.au (Graham Paul) writes:
>Hello to All,
>
>I am about to set up a Linux box to be a internet gateway with a
>number of Win95 PCs down stream from it. A few questions if I may:
>
>1 Will Linux run on the IBM 686 100MHz (P120) processor OK?

   When I started with Linux I had a 386-33 with 4 megs of RAM.  A P120 class
CPU is plenty of power unless you have 100+ PCs connecting to it.

>2 Which distribution of Linux is recommended for a brand new user
>whose only previous experience of unix is using a dial up shell
>account. From my reading of the Linux newsgroups, Redhat seems to be
>favoured.

   Red Hat is good, but I recommend Debian.  Debian does everything Red Hat does,
but it's totally free and things develop a lot faster than in Red Hat.  Debian also
allows you to install Red Hat packages...

Russell Coker

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From: rjc@soopy.virtual.net.au (Russell Coker)
Subject: Re: Linux start-up queries
Date: 1997/10/11
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