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Article #56546Re: HELP: Will Linux work on following hardware?
From: Tim Sadler
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00
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G'day,
Dimitri Maziuk <dime@eris.dev.null> wrote:
>Barry Smith wrote:
>>
>> Looks ok assuming you have plenty of ram.. Get the latest releases or you
>> will have trouble with the videocard.
>
>It'll work reasonably (= not very fast) with 8 Mb. What he really
>needs is a modem and net conection.
Why does he need a modem & net connection... Did he say he want's to
surf the net or "foray into the world of Linux"
8 MB might slow Linux down a bit but that shouldn't matter too much
until Linux is the primary operating system.
I would suggest 16MB of ram. Personally I have 32MB and it runs like
a dream.
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Tim Sadler Coopers & Lybrand
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