Re: [Sheflug] Newbie - H/W recommendations please

[Ruth Gunstone <nospam [at] bolsterstone.demon.co.uk>]

In message <20010512231108.28887.qmail [at] infinitum.madhouse>
          "Chris J/#6" <sixie [at] nccnet.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]
> > 
> > I'm writing this message from a P-75 (Viglen too),
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> 
> P75? Pah! Luxery! My laptop - an aging 486/25 with a grand total of 12MB of
> memory is quite happily running a basterdised SuSE 6.2.. 

[snip]

So it seems that it is actually /possible/ for my ancient Viglen to run
Linux?

Maybe (when I'm a tad more familiar) it could be used as an Internet
gateway/server for my other machines? That way it wouldn't need a GUI at
all(?)


-- 
Ruth Gunstone          (ruth at bolsterstone dot demon dot co dot uk)

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