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On 20.02.02 13:59 -0000(+0000), Árni Þorvarðarson wrote: |
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> Hi there |
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> I heard about you at linux.org and used the link to your web site. |
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> I have lookt at the installation instructions but it is not mentiond what is |
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> the absolout minimum amount of RAM. The reasone for my question is beacause |
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> I have some old systems (486 dx2 with only 16mb of RAM) and I would like to |
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> try Gentoo. I have tried out RedHat and Slackware so I have some knowled in |
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> Linux, but regarding Gentoo, then i like the idea of your package system |
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> better, and that is somthing I find that could be better in Linux. My idea |
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> is that it should be a standard package system that works on all distros. |
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The minimum amount of ram varies by what you use. I think gentoo should |
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fit in 16mb but provide enough swap. The limitations come from the different |
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applications. The problem is that you will have to compile everything for |
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yourself, which will take insane amounts of time on a 486. Another problem |
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will be that there are no boot floppies, just a boot cd. |
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A distribution like debian might be easier for a 486, but if you |
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want please try gentoo out, but remember to have some other machine |
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ready for compiles. |
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> p.s. Do Gentoo support icelandic in consol like RedHat? |
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It support's at least finnish in the console. |
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- Einar Karttunen |
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