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Re: can i install Fedora 3 on an old PC ?
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Rob Emmons |
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Re: can i install Fedora 3 on an old PC ? |
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Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:04:33 -0600 |
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:30:22 +0000, Leo wrote:
> I'm asking if is possible to install the last version of Fedora (core 3) on
> this old PC:
> CPU: Pentium MMX 233MHz
> RAM: 96Mb
I'm not certain about Fedora Core 3 -- but I run Redhat 9 on a Pentium II
300MHZ with 392 MB of memory. I suspect your big issue will be memory -- I
use to have 128 MB and that was not enough. 256MB might be enough, not
certain, but 392 works OK for me.
So the short answer is that -- yes it's probably possible, but your going
to have to strip down the system or add more memory -- that is if my
experience with RH9 is any guidance. Things like Gnome and OpenOffice,
and maybe Mozilla are just too big in my experience. You get a lot of
paging which really slows things down if you don't have enough memory.
Other option is to use a smaller distribution from the start.
Rob