Install Times 2002-05-09 - By John
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On Friday 10 May 2002 02:19, you wrote:
> I agree to a point, The comparison to windows I don 't think is valid,
> when you install windows you get windows, not Perl, send mail, Apache, 2
> GUIs to choose from, Netscape, PDF writers/readers, all your device
> drivers, several office suites, ect. You can choose what packages you
> want, which allows you to customize it down. I don 't like the fact it 's
> over 2.0GB either, but the install assumes you want more, so you have
> all the programs installed to make it a functional desktop, this I
> believe is for the beginning users who want to get accustomed to linux.
> It would be nice if they had an option to install a base system, just
> text based, network support, base utilities, maybe gcc, for things like
> a router, or firewall install....
>
The software 's advancing just as the hardware is. I predict your next new
computer will have a 40 Gbyte (or larger) hard drive.
If you want to run it on a Pentum 133 with 32 Mbtes of RAM and 2.1 Gbytes of
disk (state of the art back when i bought it) then you won 't like the
performance. Stay with RHL 5.0.
If you want the benefits of GNOME or KDE you will want something a bit more
robust.
I have a Pentium II 233 too. Upgrading its RAM from 64 Mbytes to 256 was a
sound investment, and so was giving it a larger (and faster!) drive than the
3.2 Gbyte drive that came with it.
I expect it will do a fine job of running 7.3 when I get it.
Remember, if you want to drive the cart you gotta have the horses to pull it.
If you don 't have the horses, don 't use the cart.
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