Re: is 486DX2-66 powerful enough for Redhat 4.0?

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From: Huw Davies
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00

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Dark Knight (bjlig1@silas.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: I'm trying to get Redhat 4.0 to install on my old 486DX2-66 8MB.
: will I  have an acceptable speed? X-Window is not that important to me
: ...yet

Well up until recently my home linux system was a 486DX2-66 with 24Mb of
memory. I always ran X and the system was usually faster than the various
workstations I have provided for me at work (that is until the latest
AlphaStation - hence the upgrade at home to Linux/AXP on a UDB).

I'd say that you'll be pleasantly surprised with the performance as long
as you have enough memory, and with the current pricing being what it is,
there's no reason not to have less than 24 or possibly 32Mb. My UDB has 48Mb.
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Date: 1996/11/20
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