Re: [Hampshire] Customised install on old computer - advice …

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Author: Will Davies
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Customised install on old computer - advice needed
Alan Pope wrote:
> Puppy Linux?
>
> http://www.puppylinux.org/home/overview
>
> "Very low minimum system requirements, runs happily on old Pentiums
> with as little as 32Mb RAM. "
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>

I think the docs probably need updating 32MB is very poky even for
getting a full style puppy install working.
64MB should be OK for a full install but performance will be improved if
you can push it to 128MB.

If you can run to 256MB ram with the free sticks offered, you would be
able to do a frugal style install and have the entire base OS
permanently in RAM. This gives a big speed boost in loading applications.

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Will Davies